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Posted on November 11, 2016

“You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.”—Robin Williams

Posted on November 11, 2016November 11, 2016

“They [corporations] cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.”—Edward Coke, English barrister, 1552-1634

Posted on November 9, 2016

“Do not play what is there. Play what is not there.”—Miles Davis

Posted on November 7, 2016November 7, 2016

“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”—Thomas Mann

Posted on November 6, 2016November 6, 2016

“Necessity never made a good bargain.”—Benjamin Franklin

Posted on November 5, 2016March 19, 2021

“Money should be mastered, not served.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on November 4, 2016November 4, 2016

“To the man who is afraid, everything rustles.”—Sophocles

Posted on November 3, 2016November 3, 2016

“A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.”—Anton Chekhov

Posted on November 2, 2016November 2, 2016

“A dead man cannot bite.”—Pompey, Roman general

Posted on November 1, 2016December 26, 2020

“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

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