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Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021

“Time discovers truth.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC – 65 AD

Posted on July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

“If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve the man, but degrade the cat.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

“Laws are like spiders’ webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.”—Solon, Athenian lawmaker, c.630-c.560 BC

Posted on July 21, 2021July 21, 2021

“I love everything that’s old—old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC

Posted on July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”—Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844-1900

Posted on July 18, 2021July 18, 2021

“Nothing is so commonplace as to wish to be remarkable.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.; American jurist; 1841-1935

Posted on July 17, 2021July 17, 2021

“To think is to say no.”—Émile Chartier, French philosopher, 1868-1951

Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021

“In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

“If you don’t bring Paris with you, you won’t find it there.”—John M. Shanahan, American entrepreneur, 1928-2005

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