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Posted on February 16, 2016March 7, 2026

“Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.”—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1834

Posted on February 14, 2016March 7, 2026

“Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.”—Leclerc de Buffon, French naturalist, 1707-1788

Posted on February 12, 2016March 9, 2026

“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”—Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, 1706-1790

Posted on February 10, 2016March 27, 2021

“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.”—Aldous Huxley, English novelist, 1894-1963

Posted on February 7, 2016March 9, 2026

“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on February 6, 2016March 9, 2026

“The body says what words cannot.”—Martha Graham, American choreographer, 1894-1991

Posted on February 5, 2016March 9, 2026

“The historian is a prophet in reverse.”—Karl von Schlegel, German poet, 1772-1829

Posted on February 4, 2016March 9, 2026

“Do not go where the path may lead—go instead where there is no path—and leave a trail.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher & poet, 1803-1882

Posted on February 1, 2016March 9, 2026

“Hope inspires the good to reveal itself.”—Emily Dickinson, American poet, 1830-1886

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