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Posted on May 17, 2017May 17, 2017

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

Posted on May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

“We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman author, 1st century BC

Posted on May 6, 2017May 6, 2017

“The silence of a stupid man looks like wisdom.”—Publilius Syrus, maxim-writer, 1st century BC

Posted on May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

“Anger is a short madness.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century, BC

Posted on May 3, 2017May 3, 2017

“The customer is never wrong.”—César Ritz, Swiss hotelier, 1850-1918

Posted on April 16, 2017April 16, 2017

“Copy from one, it’s plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research.”—Wilson Mizner, American playwright, 1876-1933

Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017

“There is nothing so ridiculous but some philosopher has said it.”—Marcus Cicero, Roman philosopher, 106-43 BC

Posted on April 13, 2017April 13, 2017

“Let each man exercise the art he knows.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on April 9, 2017April 9, 2017

“Everyone would have thought him fit to rule if only he never had.”—Publius Tacitus, Roman senator & historian, 56-117 AD

Posted on March 26, 2017March 26, 2017

“Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions.”—Isaiah Berlin, Russian-British philosopher, 1909-1997

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