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Post by andydp on Apr 18, 2021 22:53:43 GMT
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
Pliny the Elder
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Post by Bact PhD on Apr 19, 2021 2:33:22 GMT
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
Pliny the Elder Which is why casino owners (with ONE notable exception!) make bank. |
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Post by andydp on Apr 19, 2021 11:39:22 GMT
An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood. ***
Napoleon Bonaparte
*** If you've ever been in the Military or a large organization, this is so freakin` true. I also have the feeling this may be the origin of Murhy's law.
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Post by andydp on Apr 20, 2021 11:11:55 GMT
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Marcus Aurelius
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Post by andydp on Apr 21, 2021 11:37:36 GMT
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Francis Bacon
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Post by andydp on Apr 22, 2021 10:50:20 GMT
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
Moliere
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Post by andydp on Apr 23, 2021 12:15:05 GMT
Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue. ***
Zeno of Citium
*** Not often a politician's first thought. cf: Gaetz, Trump and almost anyone else in the GOP firmament
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Post by andydp on Apr 24, 2021 11:43:35 GMT
He lives well who lives retired, and keeps his wants within the limits of his means.
Ovid
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2021 18:40:02 GMT
He lives well who lives retired, and keeps his wants within the limits of his means.
Ovid Anti-consumerist! Anti-capitalist! American economy would collapse if we followed Mr. Micawber's advice. Live well outside your means, print money, pay with printed/borrowed money, pass the debt to others who cannot collect. Oh, and raise a massive army such that nobody dare look askance. |
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Post by andydp on Apr 24, 2021 20:00:38 GMT
He lives well who lives retired, and keeps his wants within the limits of his means.
Ovid Anti-consumerist! Anti-capitalist! American economy would collapse if we followed Mr. Micawber's advice. Live well outside your means, print money, pay with printed/borrowed money, pass the debt to others who cannot collect. Oh, and raise a massive army such that nobody dare look askance. You must be Newt's spawn... |
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Post by andydp on Apr 25, 2021 10:48:40 GMT
Sunday, the day for the language of leisure.
Elfriede Jelinek
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Post by andydp on Apr 26, 2021 12:15:26 GMT
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
Jean de La Fontaine
(Nothing new under the sun.)
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Post by andydp on Apr 27, 2021 14:53:17 GMT
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by their good fortune.
Baron de Montesquieu
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Post by andydp on Apr 28, 2021 11:52:10 GMT
Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"
Al-Ghazali
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Post by andydp on Apr 29, 2021 12:59:51 GMT
Be modest in speech, but excel in action.
Horace
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2021 13:11:23 GMT
Be modest in speech, but excel in action.Horace  |
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Post by andydp on Apr 30, 2021 12:45:34 GMT
You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don't dream about.
William James
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Post by andydp on May 1, 2021 12:31:04 GMT
Middle-age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
Ogden Nash
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Post by andydp on May 2, 2021 21:01:06 GMT
A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.
Confucius
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Post by andydp on May 3, 2021 12:18:24 GMT
It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting. **
Joseph Priestley
** Not applicable to Italian family gatherings
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Post by andydp on May 4, 2021 11:55:22 GMT
No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.
Horace
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Post by andydp on May 5, 2021 12:35:07 GMT
Truth never penetrates an unwilling mind.
Jorge Luis Borges
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2021 12:46:36 GMT
No poem was ever written by a drinker of water.
Horace Water water everywhere... not a sip to drink - Thirsty bugger. |
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Post by andydp on May 6, 2021 11:46:43 GMT
Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.
Blaise Pascal
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Post by andydp on May 7, 2021 12:10:51 GMT
If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
Thomas More
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