Friday, May 09, 2014

WISE MEN SAY . . . and WISE WOMEN TOO comes to an end today

The blog began in February 2006 and today's quote brings the total of posts to 2,750. I thought the following rather good as a final quotation.

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each one of us is special  - Brian Dyson

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Thursday, May 08, 2014

J.B.PRIESTLEY 1894-1984


British novelist, playwright and broadcaster


I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.


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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

HARRIET BRAIKER d.2004

American clinical psychologist and author of self-help books

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection demoralizes you.

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Tuesday, May 06, 2014

SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709-84


English poet, essayist, literary critic, biographer and lexicographer


Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.


-o0o-

Monday, May 05, 2014

HORACE 65 BC - 8 BC


Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a leading Roman lyric poet


Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.


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Sunday, May 04, 2014

MARJORIE PAY HINCKLEY 1911-2004

American author of "Small and Simple Things."

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh - crying gives me a headache!

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Saturday, May 03, 2014

Chinese Proverb

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think.

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Friday, May 02, 2014

MADONNA b.1958

American singer-songwriter and actress

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always become a better version of yourself.

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Thursday, May 01, 2014

ST.FRANCIS of Assisi 1181/2-1226

Giovanni di Pietro Bernardone was an Italian Catholic friar and teacher who, though never ordained to the priesthood, was one of the most revered religious figures in history

Remember, we learn nothing by speaking.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

ALAN PATON 1903-88


South African author and anti-apartheid activist


When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.


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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

WILLIAM JAMES 1842-1910


American physician, philosopher and psychologist


A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.


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Monday, April 28, 2014

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 1884-1962


American politician, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt


Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.


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Sunday, April 27, 2014

ASHLEY COOPER

SEVEN DEADLY SINS

Truth, if it becomes a weapon against persons.
Beauty, if it becomes vanity.
Love, if it becomes possessive.
Loyalty, if it becomes blind, careless trust.
Tolerance, if it becomes indifference.
Self-confidence, if it becomes arrogance.
Faith, if it becomes self-righteous

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Saturday, April 26, 2014

GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE 1880-1918


French poet,  playwright and novelist, one of the forefathers of surrealism


Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.


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Friday, April 25, 2014

GEORGE SAND 1804-76


George Sand was the pseudonym of Amantine-Lucille-Aurore Dupin, the French novelist whose name has always been associated with the composer Chopin.

Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

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Thursday, April 24, 2014

ANON

Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

MARIE CURIE 1867-1934


Polish, naturalised French physicist and chemist

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1804-81


1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister


My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.


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Monday, April 21, 2014

BILL COSBY b.1937


American comedian, actor, author and TV producer


A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.


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Sunday, April 20, 2014

JULIETTE RECAMIER 1777-1849


French society leader


No woman is all sweetness; even the rose has thorns.


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Saturday, April 19, 2014

OSCAR WILDE 1854-1900


Irish writer and poet


The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything and the young know everything.


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Friday, April 18, 2014

CHUCK NORRIS b.1940


American martial artist and actor


Men are like steel - when they lose their temper, they lose their worth.


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Thursday, April 17, 2014

SAM EWING b.1949

American baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and the Toronto Bue Jays

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he is talking about.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

J.K. ROWLING b.1965

British novelist, creator of the Harry Potter series

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

H.L. MENCKEN 1880-1956


American journalist, essayist and satirist


Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.


-o0o-

Monday, April 14, 2014

DESMOND TUTU b.1931


South African social rights activist, retired Anglican bishop


Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.


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Sunday, April 13, 2014

CHARLES KINGSLEY 1819-75


British historian and novelist


We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.


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Saturday, April 12, 2014

MARIE CURIE 1867-1934


Polish-born, naturalised French physicist and chemist, the first woman to win a Nobel prize

Nothing in life is to be feared - it is only to be understood.
Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

SAM SUNDQUIST

Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709-84


English poet, essayist, literary critic and biographer

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues, because, if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.


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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 1833-99

American social activist and author

Happiness is the only good,
The place to be happy is here,
The time to be happy is now,
The way to be happy is to make others so.

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Tuesday, April 08, 2014

KATHARINE HEPBURN 1907-2003


American film, stage and TV actress


If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.  


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Monday, April 07, 2014

TERRY PRATCHETT b.1948

British author of fantasy novels

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

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Sunday, April 06, 2014

MAHATMA GANDHI 1869-1948


Pacifist leader of Indian independence movement and advocate of non-violence


Hate the sin, love the sinner.


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Saturday, April 05, 2014

BETTY FRIEDAN 1921-2006


Author of The Feminine Mystique, the first President of the American National Organisation for Women


Ageing is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.


-o0o-

Friday, April 04, 2014

WILLIAM FEATHER 1889-1981

American publisher and author

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

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Thursday, April 03, 2014

ANON

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

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Wednesday, April 02, 2014

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616


English poet, playwright and actor

Glory is like a circle in the water
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad spreading it disperses to nought.

-o0o-

Tuesday, April 01, 2014

YOKO ONO b.1933

Japanese artist and peace activist, wife of John Lennon

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence,
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance,
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence,
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.

-o0o-

Monday, March 31, 2014

ARISTOTLE 384-322 BC

Greek philosopher, a member of Plato's Academy in Athens


If one way be better than another, that way you may be sure is nature's way.


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Sunday, March 30, 2014

DORIS LESSING 1919-2013

British novelist, poet and playwright

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

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Saturday, March 29, 2014

GROUCHO MARX 1890-1977


American comedian and film and TV star.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

-o0o-

Friday, March 28, 2014

CARL JUNG 1875-1961


Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist


Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.


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Thursday, March 27, 2014

HORACE 65 BC - 8 BC


Roman lyric poet


Mix a little foolishness with your prudence; it's good to be silly at the right moment.


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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 1874-1965


British novelist and short story writer


People ask for criticism but they only want praise.


-o0o-

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

MAE JEMISON b.1956


American physician and NASA astronaut

Never limit yourself because of others'  limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

-o0o-

Monday, March 24, 2014

JOHN RUSKIN 1819-1900


British art critic and writer


When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.


-o0o-

Sunday, March 23, 2014

ANON

Live for today, live for tomorrow,
Think of your hopes and not of your sorrow.

Now Online
A PERSONAL SCRAPBLOG

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Saturday, March 22, 2014

ANON

Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope.

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beginning tomorrow
A PERSONAL SCRAPBLOG

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Friday, March 21, 2014

GEORGE MOORE 1852-1933

Irish short-story writer, novelist and poet

There is always a right way and a wrong way, and the wrong way always seems the more reasonable.

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

JOHN BUCHAN 1875-1940


Scottish novelist and historian who became Baron Tweedsmuir, 15th Governor General of Canada

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 1792-1822


English Romantic poet


Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.


-o0o-

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH 1906-2001


American author and aviator


By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.


-o0o-

Monday, March 17, 2014

THOMAS CARLYLE 1795-1881


Scottish philosopher, essayist and historian


The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong.

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Sunday, March 16, 2014

H.L. MENCKEN 1880-1956


American journalist and essayist


Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.


-o0o-




Saturday, March 15, 2014

ALEXANDER POPE 1688-1744


English poet, best remembered for his satirical verse


He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.


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Friday, March 14, 2014

LILY TOMLIN b.1939

American comedian, actress and writer

For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

LOY CHING-YUEN 1873-1960

Chinese Taoist master and poet

An inch of time is an inch of gold. 
Treasure it.
Appreciate its fleeting nature.
Misplaced gold is easily found.
Misspent time is lost forever.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

LUDWIG ERHARD 1897-1977

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1963-66

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

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

From ECCLESIASTES

Part of the Hebrew bible, the book of Ecclesiastes was written towards the end of the 3rd century B.C.

Trust also your own judgement, for it is your most reliable counsellor. A man's mind has sometimes a way of telling him more than seven watchmen posted on a high tower.

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Monday, March 10, 2014

Chinese Saying

If you want to be happy for  a short time, get drunk.
If you want to be happy for a long time, fall in love.
If you want to be happy for ever, take up gardening.

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Sunday, March 09, 2014

ANTONIO MACHADO 1875-1939


Spanish poet, one of the leading figures in the Spanish literary movement "The Generation of '98"


Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.


-o0o-

Saturday, March 08, 2014

AUDREY HEPBURN 1929-93


British actress and humanitarian


The best thing to hold on to in life is each other.


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Friday, March 07, 2014

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616


English playwright, poet and actor


How poor are they that have not patience. 
- Othello  11.3


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Thursday, March 06, 2014

PIET HEIN 1905-96

Danish scientist, inventor, mathematician, author and poet

He that lets the small things bind him
Leaves the great undone behind him.

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Wednesday, March 05, 2014

JOHN F. KENNEDY 1917-63


35th President of the USA


An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.


-o0o-

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

GOLDA MEIR 1898-1978

Teacher and politician who became the 4th Prime Minister of Israel

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

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Monday, March 03, 2014

BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1804-81


Earl of Beaconsfield, British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

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Sunday, March 02, 2014

SAI BABA 1838-1918

Indian spiritual master who had both Muslim and Hindu followers

You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it.

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Saturday, March 01, 2014

WILLIAM COWPER 1731-1800

British poet and evangelical Christian

Absence of occupation is not rest. 
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

-o0o-

The new blog THE READING ROOM starts today

Friday, February 28, 2014

MIGNON McLAUGHLIN 1913-83


American journalist and author


Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.


-o0o-

Thursday, February 27, 2014

KHALED HOSSEINI b.1965

Afghan-born American novelist who wrote "The Kite Runner"

Better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

JOHANN WOLFGANG von GOETHE 1749-1832


German writer and polymath


Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.


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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 1884-1962


The longest-serving First Lady of the USA, wife of Franklyn D. Roosevelt


Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.


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Monday, February 24, 2014

RUTH RENKEL

Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

ANON

The mind is like the stomach. It's not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

KIN HUBBARD 1868-1930


American cartoonist, humorist and journalist


A good listener is usually thinking about something else.


-o0o-

Friday, February 21, 2014

SAMUEL BUTLER 1613-80


English poet and satirist

Loyalty is still the same
Whether it win or lose the game,
True as a dial to the sun
Although it be not shined upon.

-o0o-

Thursday, February 20, 2014

CHARLOTTE BRONTE 1816-55


British novelist and poet, eldest of the three Bronte sisters


It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity; they must have action and, if they cannot find it, they will make it.


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