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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

Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.”—Eric Hoffer, American philosopher, 1898-1983

Posted on December 22, 2019December 22, 2019

“The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.”—J. W. von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1834

Posted on December 21, 2019December 21, 2019

“Nothing quite new is perfect.”—Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on December 12, 2019

“No man is wise enough for himself.”—Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman playwright, 254-184 BC

Posted on December 3, 2019

“His greatest fault was his desire not to please the best people, but to please the most people.”—Seneca the Younger, Roman satirist, c. 4 BC – 65 AD

Posted on December 1, 2019December 1, 2019

“Everything yields to diligence.”—Antiphanes, Greek writer, 388-311 BC

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