A man that hideth his foolishness is better than a man that hideth his wisdom.
—Ecclesiasticus 41, 15
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Post #3351
Post #3350
They tell of Themistocles, that when a certain man of high culture and eminent learning came to him and offered to instruct him in the art of memory... Themistocles replied that he would do him a much greater favor if he would teach him the art of forgetting; for I remember what I would not, and cannot forget what I would.
—Saying of Themistocles, as recorded by Cicero.
—Saying of Themistocles, as recorded by Cicero.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Post #3349
Sloth never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
—Miguel de Cervantes (translated from Don Quixote)
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Post #3348
The man who first ruined the Roman people was he who first gave them treats and gratuities.
—Life of Coriolanus (Plutarch quotes it as "a shrewd remark, whoever it was that said it")
Sunday, August 09, 2026
Post #3347
Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
—Leonardo da Vinci
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- Dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
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