Wise Men say . . . and Wise Women too!: February 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013

ERICA JONG b.1942

American author and teacher

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

JOSEPH ADDISON 1672-1719

English poet, playwright and essayist

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It was a saying of an ancient philosopher that a good face is a letter of recommendation.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

WILLIAM HAZLITT 1778-1830

English writer and essayist

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.

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Monday, February 25, 2013

MAYA ANGELOU b.1928-

American writer and poet

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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

H.G. WELLS 1866-1946

British novelist, historian and journalist

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Moral indignation is just jealousy with a halo around it

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

THOMAS FULLER 1654-1734

British physician and writer

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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

VIRGINIA WOOLF 1882-1941

British author and feminist

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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)1835-1910

American author and humorist

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

JAMES LOWELL 1819-91

American poet and critic

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

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Monday, February 18, 2013

ENID BLYTON

Growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

VINCE LOMBARDI

The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

African Proverb

I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger.

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Friday, February 15, 2013

WINSTON CHURCHILL

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

CECIL BEATON

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

KAREN KENYON

Life need not just happen to us. We can choose. We are choosing every moment which direction to turn, towards the light or towards the dark.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

There is an Indian belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms - a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, we are not complete.

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