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Posted on August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

“Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.”—Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath, 1452-1519

Posted on August 25, 2021

“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”—Aesop, Greek fabulist, 620-564 BC

Posted on August 23, 2021January 28, 2023

“Goodness had nothing to do with it.”—Mae West, American actress, 1893-1980

Posted on August 22, 2021August 22, 2021

“A fire cannot throw a great light without burning something.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on August 21, 2021

“Wit is the only wall…Between us and the dark.”—Mark Van Doren, American poet, 1894-1972

Posted on August 20, 2021August 20, 2021

“Time cancels young pain.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on August 19, 2021

“Dare to be naive.”—Richard Buckminster Fuller, American designer & futurist, 1895-1983

Posted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021

“With wine comes truth.”—Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus), Roman naturalist, 23/24 AD-79 AD

Posted on August 17, 2021

“A diplomat…is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.”—Caskie Stinnett, American humorist, 1911-1998

Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

“Laugh at life. Do not cry over it.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC-65 AD

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