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Posted on January 14, 2017December 26, 2020

“Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on January 13, 2017January 13, 2017

“Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.”— W.C. Fields, American comedian

Posted on January 10, 2017January 10, 2017

“Delay is preferable to error.”—Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President

Posted on January 9, 2017March 19, 2021

“Thrift is misery with a good press agent.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim author, 1st century BC

Posted on January 8, 2017January 8, 2017

“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”—W. Somerset Maugham, British writer

Posted on January 7, 2017January 7, 2017

“Thank heavens we do not get all of the government that we are made to pay for.”—Milton Friedman, American economist

Posted on January 6, 2017July 12, 2020

“Hell is full of musical amateurs.”—George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1856-1950

Posted on January 4, 2017January 4, 2017

“Words have a longer life than deeds.”—Pindar, Greek poet, 522-443 BC

Posted on January 3, 2017January 3, 2017

“Children have more need of models than critics.”—Joseph Joubert, French essayist, 1754-1824

Posted on January 2, 2017January 2, 2017

“Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.”—Ralph Richardson, British actor

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