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Posted on March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

“This nation cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.”—John F. Kennedy, US President, 1917-1963

Posted on March 25, 2018March 25, 2018

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.”—Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, 1885-1962

Posted on March 17, 2018

“Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.”—Mencius, Chinese philosopher, 372-289 BC

Posted on March 15, 2018

“The ripest peach is highest on the tree.”—James Whitcomb Riley, American poet, 1849-1916

Posted on March 7, 2018

“Slight not what is near through aiming at what is far.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on March 4, 2018

“Less is more.”—Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, 1886-1969

Posted on March 2, 2018

“Despite the fox’s cunning, his skin is often sold.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 28, 2018

“A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

“Idiot of idiots, to trust what is written!”—Titus Plautus, Roman playwright, 254-184 BC

Posted on February 24, 2018March 15, 2018

“America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.”—John Updike, American novelist, 1932-2009

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