A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.
—Publius Syrus
Sunday, June 02, 2024
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Post #3231
...some of it's magic some of it's tragic but I had a good life all the way.
―Jimmy Buffett (He went to Paris)
Sunday, May 19, 2024
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Sunday, April 21, 2024
Post #3226
There was a wise man in the East whose constant prayer was that he might see to-day with the eyes of to-morrow.
—Alfred Mercier
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Post #3225
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
—Victor Hugo
Sunday, April 07, 2024
Post #3224
Some must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay!
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Post #3223
"If I should die," said I to myself, "I have left no immortal work behind me — nothing to make my friends proud of my memory — but I have lov'd the principle of beauty in all things, and if I had had time I would have made myself remember'd."
—John Keats
Sunday, March 24, 2024
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Post #3221
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
—Oscar Wilde
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Post #3220
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
—Epicurus
Sunday, March 03, 2024
Post #3219
When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, "I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men," Epictetus replied, "I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!"
—The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
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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