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Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025

“Being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune….Happiness is never grand.”—Aldous Huxley, English philosopher, 1894-1963

Posted on October 28, 2020

“Some books are to be read, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed ad digested.”—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561-1626

Posted on October 2, 2020

“Knowledge is power.”—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561-1626

Posted on July 22, 2020

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.”—Aldous Huxley, English philosopher, 1894-1963

Posted on October 29, 2018

“Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.”—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561-1626

Posted on May 17, 2017May 17, 2017

“Who can refute a sneer?”—William Paley, English philosopher, 1743-1805

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