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Posted on May 11, 2021

“What does not destroy me, makes me strong.”—Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844-1900

Posted on May 9, 2021

“We are the slaves of objects around us.”—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1834

Posted on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021

“I’ve seen hammers with the handles off cleverer than he is!”—Titus Maccius Plautus, Roman playwright, 254-184 BC

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

“We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.”—William Arthur Ward, American writer, 1921-1994

Posted on February 19, 2021February 21, 2021

“If I’d known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”—Eubie Blake, American pianist & composer, 1887-1983

Posted on February 18, 2021February 20, 2021

“Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.”—August Strindberg, Swedish author, 1849-1912

Posted on February 16, 2021

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”—Woody Allen, American director, 1935-

Posted on February 12, 2021February 11, 2021

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”—Albert Einstein, American German-born theoretical physicist, 1879-1955

Posted on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

“The very ink which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

“Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms, where it’s usually too late, and not in the barroom downstairs?”—Christopher Morley, American journalist, 1890-1957

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