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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")

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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

Sunday, August 02, 2026

Post #3346

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
—Socrates

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Post #3345

Never regret a day in your life. Good days give happines, bad days give experiences, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories.
―Professor Richard Feynman

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Post #3344

He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
―George Herbert

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A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.

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