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(Wisdom of the Elders) Blog of quotations, epigrams,& excerpts. COMMENT/DISCUSS: twitter.com/PSeniorum.

Posted on August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

“Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”—Bernard Baruch, American financier, 1870-1965

Posted on August 14, 2021August 14, 2021

“I see and praise better things; I do worse ones.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC-18 AD

Posted on August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

“The public don’t know what they want; it’s my job to tell them.”—Alec Issigonis, British automotive designer, 1906-1988

Posted on August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

“Nothing is so well fortified that money cannot capture it.”—Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on August 11, 2021

“Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”—Alan Kay, American computer graphics designer, 1940-

Posted on August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

“The bigger the undertaking, the trickier it is.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

“You cannot conceive the many without the one.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348

Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

“There is no truth. There is only perception.”—Gustave Flaubert. French novelist, 1821-1880

Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021

“I only spout poetry when my feet hurt.”—Quintus Ennius, Roman poet, 239-169 BC

Posted on August 6, 2021August 7, 2021

“Success is an accident—well placed.”—John M. Shanahan, American entrepreneur, 1928-2005

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