Posted on August 25, 2022 “Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”—James Baldwin, American writer, 1924-1987
Posted on August 23, 2022August 22, 2022 “After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.”—Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, 1706-1790
Posted on August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 “Our most important thoughts are those which contradict our emotions.”—Paul Valery, French poet, 1871-1945
Posted on August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 “Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker.”—Ogden Nash, American poet, 1902-1971
Posted on August 16, 2022August 15, 2022 “Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.”—Winston Churchill, UK Prime Minister, 1874-1965
Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 “If you don’t have sex for a long time, it sucks, but you’re calm about it. If you haven’t had it for sixteen days, you’re dangerous.”—Jenny Troanni, main character in “Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer”, by Jen Sincero, American author, speaker & success coach, b. 1965
Posted on August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 “You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.”—Germaine Greer, Australian feminist author, 1939-
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 August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 “Nobody learns no nothing from no history.”—Gogol Bordello, American Gypsy-punk band; in ‘Avenue B’ from “Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike” album
Posted on August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 “Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.”—Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, 1903-1990
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