Posted on April 30, 2022 “You who seek an end of love—love will yield to busyness: be busy, and you will be safe.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC–18 AD
Posted on April 21, 2022 “Do not panic.”—Douglas Adams (on the cover of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), British author, 1952-2001
Posted on January 26, 2022 “In this world, second thoughts, it seems, are best.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC
Posted on November 22, 2021 “Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain.”—Friedrich von Schiller, German philosopher, 1759-1805
Posted on September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 “A good mind possesses a kingdom.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC–65 AD
Posted on August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 “Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.”—Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath, 1452-1519
Posted on August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 “A fire cannot throw a great light without burning something.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC
Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 “Laugh at life. Do not cry over it.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC-65 AD
Posted on July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 “If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve the man, but degrade the cat.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910
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