Posted on November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 “I plan for the future. I yearn for the past. And, meantime, the present is leaving me fast.”—Anonymous
Posted on October 28, 2023October 28, 2023 “I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I’ll be okay.”—Maya Angelou, American poet, 1928-2014
Posted on October 9, 2023October 8, 2023 “A truly wise man has an inner joy that is like a fire; it warms the world.”—The Dalai Lama, Head of State of Tibet, 1935–
Posted on October 3, 2022 “Solemnity is the shield of idiots.”—Montesquieu, French philosopher, 1689-1750
Posted on September 23, 2022September 24, 2022 “There’s a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.”—Dorothy Parker, American poet, 1893-1967 (editor’s note: this is a substitute for the “You can….” quotation. Our apologies.)
Posted on August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 “If fortune wants to do you in, she makes you stupid.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim-writer, 85 BC — 43 BC
Posted on July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 “Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.”—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist, 1742-1799
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
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