Posted on February 18, 2020 “The mark of an educated mind is to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC
Posted on February 17, 2020 “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”—Sir Isaac Newton,PRS; scientist & philosopher; 1643-1727
Posted on February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 “A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”—Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman, 1813-1887
Posted on January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 “There are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.”—Diane Arbus, American photographer, 1923-1971
Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 “In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.”—Joseph Priestley FRS, English chemist & discoverer of oxygen, 1733-1804
Posted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 “Faint heart never won fair lady.”—Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author, 1547-1616
Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 “I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.”—W. S. Gilbert (in Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Iolanthe’), English dramatist, 1836-1911
Posted on December 30, 2019 “We have met the enemy, and they are ours.”—Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval commander, 1785-1819
Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 “Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.”—Menander, Greek dramatist, 342-291 BC
