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Posted on July 11, 2021July 11, 2021

“I have been a stranger in a strange land.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on June 10, 2020June 10, 2020

“The good befriend themselves.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on April 7, 2020

“The wise learn many things from their enemies.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on March 11, 2020

“Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on December 4, 2018

“Time, as he grows old, teaches all things.”—Aeschylus, Greek playwright, 525-456 BC

Posted on January 15, 2018January 15, 2018

“Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.”—Aeschylus, Greek playwright, 525-456 BC

Posted on November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

“There is nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017

“Nobody loves life like him who is growing old.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 5th century BC

Posted on July 12, 2017July 12, 2017

“No falsehood lingers on into old age.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 5th century BC

Posted on April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

“Blest is the man who possesses a keen intelligent mind.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

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