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Posted on November 12, 2016February 20, 2026

“Most women are not so young as they are painted.”—Max Beerbohm, English caricaturist, 1872-1956

Posted on November 11, 2016February 20, 2026

“You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”—Robin Williams, American actor & comedian, 1951-2014

Posted on November 11, 2016November 11, 2016

“They [corporations] cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.”—Edward Coke, English barrister, 1552-1634

Posted on November 9, 2016February 21, 2026

“Do not play what is there. Play what is not there.”—Miles Davis, American musician, 1926-1991

Posted on November 7, 2016February 21, 2026

“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”—Thomas Mann, German author, 1875-1955

Posted on November 6, 2016February 21, 2026

“Necessity never made a good bargain.”—Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, 1706-1790

Posted on November 5, 2016February 21, 2026

“Money should be mastered, not served.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim-writer, 85-43 BC

Posted on November 4, 2016February 21, 2026

“To the man who is afraid, everything rustles.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on November 3, 2016February 22, 2026

“A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.”—Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright & author, 1860-1904

Posted on November 2, 2016February 22, 2026

“A dead man cannot bite.”—Pompey (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus), Roman general, 106-48 BC

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