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Posted on January 26, 2017January 26, 2017

“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and quietly strangled.”–Sir Barnett Cocks, Clerk of the House of Commons, 1907-1989

Posted on January 25, 2017January 25, 2017

“Seize the day!”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 65-8 BC

Posted on January 24, 2017January 24, 2017

“Reason is immortal, all else mortal.”—Pythagoras, Greek philosopher

Posted on January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on January 22, 2017January 22, 2017

“Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.”—George Orwell, English novelist, 1903-1950

Posted on January 21, 2017January 21, 2017

“Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.”—Herodotus, Greek historian, 5th Century BC

Posted on January 20, 2017January 20, 2017

“Nothing moves faster than gossip.”—Virgil, Roman poet, First Century BC

Posted on January 19, 2017January 19, 2017

“To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on January 17, 2017January 17, 2017

“Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 18th century

Posted on January 16, 2017January 16, 2017

“I cannot live without books.”—Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence

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