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Posted on September 11, 2021

“Those who can sin in secret do so more quickly.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to!”—Gandalf in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’/J.R.R. Tolkien, English fantasy novelist, 1892-1973; et al.

Posted on September 8, 2021

“Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.”—Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer), American advice columnist, 1918-2002

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

“Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on September 6, 2021

“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on September 5, 2021September 5, 2021

“A good mind possesses a kingdom.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC–65 AD

Posted on August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

“The clock, not the steam-engine, is the key-machine of the modern industrial age.”—Lewis Mumford, American historian, 1895-1990

Posted on August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

“Mankind censures injustice fearing that they may be the victims of it, and not because they shrink from committing it.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC

Posted on August 28, 2021August 28, 2021

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”—Alan Kay, American computer graphics designer, 1940-

Posted on August 27, 2021August 27, 2021

“Many commit the same crime and face a different fate: that man gets the cross, this one the crown.”—Decimus Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st-2nd centuries, AD

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