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Posted on January 6, 2021

“As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.”—Christopher Dawson, British historian, 1889-1970

Posted on January 5, 2021

“One more drink and I’ll be under the host.”—Dorothy Parker, American writer, 1893-1967

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

“The generality of mankind are contented to be estimated by what they possess instead of what they are.”—William Hazlitt, English drama critic, 1778-1830

Posted on January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

“Ridicule is the first and last argument of fools.”—Charles Simmons, British politician, 1893-1975

Posted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021

“The nature of men is always the same; it is their habits that separate them.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

“The ‘control of nature’ is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.”—Rachel Carson, American biologist & author, 1907-1964

Posted on December 29, 2020December 30, 2020

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”—John F. Kennedy, U.S. President, 1917-1963

Posted on December 28, 2020

“Few people know how to be old.”—François de La Rochefoucauld, French maximist, 1613-1680

Posted on December 27, 2020

“Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on December 26, 2020

“Things have their laws as well as men; things refuse to be trifled with.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher & poet, 1803-1882

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