H.L. MENCKEN 1880-1956

American journalist, essayist and satirist

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Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be watching

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LUDWIG ERHARD 1897-1977

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1963-66

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A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has the biggest piece.

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J.K. ROWLING b1965

British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series

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The best of us must sometimes eat our words

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STEPHEN HAWKING b1942

English theoretical physicist and cosmologist

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Intelligence is the ability to adapt and change

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Chinese Proverb

The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones

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NEW - now online - NEW

 OH WHAT A PICTURE

my choice of public domain images from the internet

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HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 1811-96

American abolitionist and author

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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

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CHARLES F. KETTERING 1876-1958

American inventor, engineer and businessman

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You can't have a better tomorrow if you're thinking about yesterday all the time.

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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1850-94

Scottish novelist, poet and essayist

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

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BEN STEIN b.1944

American actor, writer, lawyer and commentator on political matters.

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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this; decide what you want.

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PRINCESS DIANA 1961-97

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Family is the most important thing in the world

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HENRY FORD 1863-1947

American industrialist, founder of Ford Motors

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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the road.

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ANON

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

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THE SATURDAY POEM

A Kiss

Henry Austin Dobson 1840-1921
 

Rose kissed me today,

Will she kiss me tomorrow?

Let it be as it may,

Rose kissed me today,
But the pleasure gives way
To a savour of sorrow; -
Rose kissed me today,
Will she kiss me tomorrow?

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DALE CARNEGIE 1888-1955

The only way to get the best of  an argument is to avoid it.

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MOTHER TERESA 1910-97

Roman Catholic religious Sister who founded the Missionaries of Charity

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Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.

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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 1884-1962

First Lady of the USA from 1933 to 1945

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Anger is one letter short of danger.

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FRANCIS BACON 1561-1626

English philosopher, statesman, scientist and author

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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humour to console him for what he is.

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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 1830-94

Scottish novelist and poet

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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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FAY WELDON b1931

English author, essayist and playwright

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Beauty is the first present nature gives to a woman and the first it takes away.

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ANON

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

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THE SATURDAY POEM

Waste
Geoffrey Studdert-Kennedy “Woodbine Willie” 1883-1929    

Waste of Muscle, waste of Brain,
    Waste of Patience, waste of Pain,
    Waste of Manhood, waste of Health,
    Waste of Beauty, waste of Wealth,

    Waste of Blood, and waste of Tears,
    Waste of Youth’s most precious years,
    Waste of ways the Saints have trod,
    Waste of Glory, waste of God,–
    War!

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CHUCK NORRIS b1940

American martial artist and actor

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Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

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MAYA ANGELOU b1928

American author and poet

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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

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ALBERT SCHWEITZER 1875-1965

German-born theologian, musician, philosopher and medical missionary

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The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 1809-94

American physician, poet, author and lecturer

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Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

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MARY ANN EVANS (George Eliot) 1819-80

English novelist and poet

 

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I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

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BERTRAND RUSSELL 1872-1970

British philosopher, mathematician and historian

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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

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ANON

Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big.

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THE SATURDAY POEM

The Moon
Anon

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon:
This way, and that, she peers and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog
From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam
By silver reeds in a silver stream.

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1706-90

One of the Founding Fathers of the United States

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Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

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MARLENE DIETRICH 1901-92

German actress and singer

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Careful grooming may take twenty years off a woman’s age, but you can’t fool a flight of stairs 

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VICTOR HUGO 1802-85

French poet, novelist and dramatist

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. 

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SAMUEL BECKETT 1906-89

Irish author and playwright

 

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Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail better.

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LOIS McMASTER BUJOLD b.1949

American author of science fiction and fantasy books.

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If you can’t do what you want, do what you can.

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beginning today

AMERICAN ART OF THE 19TH CENTURY

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