Posted on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 “He who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks.”—Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French maxim writer, 1613-1680
Posted on November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 “The only really valuable thing is intuition.”—Albert Einstein, German-born American theoretical physicist, 1870-1955
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
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