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Posted on July 5, 2019

“The life so short, the craft so long to learn.”—Hippocrates, Greek physician, 460-370 BC

Posted on July 3, 2019

“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.”—Adlai Stevenson, America politician & diplomat, 1900-1965

Posted on July 2, 2019July 2, 2019

“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”—Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, 371-287 BC

Posted on July 1, 2019

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on June 29, 2019June 29, 2019

“Be kind and considerate with your criticism….It’s just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.”—Malcolm Crowley, American writer and literary critic, 1898-1989

Posted on June 22, 2019June 22, 2019

“The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.”—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher, 1712-1778

Posted on June 20, 2019

“Great thoughts come from the heart.”—Luc de Clapiers, French essayist, 18th century

Posted on June 17, 2019

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”—John F. Kennedy, U.S. President, 1917-1963

Posted on May 29, 2019May 29, 2019

“I can resist everything except temptation.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on May 28, 2019

“The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.”—Mark Twain, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

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