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Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

“If a thing is old, it is a sign that it is fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality.”—Edward Rickenbacker, American fighter pilot, 1890-1973

Posted on October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”—Sallust, Roman historian, 86 BC–c.35 BC

Posted on October 23, 2022

“The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you are learning you’re not old.”—Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, U.S. Nobel laureate medical physicist, 1921-2011

Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022

“I am amazed that anyone who has made a fortune should send for his friends.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

“While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert it only irritates.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English essayist, 1709-1784

Posted on October 18, 2022October 18, 2022

“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”—Napoleon Bonaparte, French statesman, 1769-1821

Posted on October 18, 2022October 17, 2022

“Book lovers never go to bed alone.”—Anonymous

Posted on October 16, 2022October 16, 2022

“A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn’t feel like it.”—Alfred Alistair Cook, British-American writer, 1908-2004

Posted on October 11, 2022October 10, 2022

“Speech is the small change of silence.”—George Meredith, English novelist,1828-1909

Posted on October 7, 2022

“While you do not know life, how can you know about death?”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

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