The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. – Max Eastman [Max Forrester Eastman] (1883 – 1969) (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »
The wise learn many things from their enemies. – Aristophanes (c.446? – c.386?B.C.) More »
When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion. – Herbert Spencer (1820 – 1903) More »
Weeds come forth on the fattest soil if it is untilled. More »
Many words will not fill a bushel basket. / (A “bushel” is a unit of volume that is used for measuring agricultural produce such as grain, beans, vegetables or fruit.) / Wealth of words is not eloquence. More »
With the good we become good. More »
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning. – Ivy Baker Priest (1905 – 75) More »
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Clear water breeds no fish. [Clear water has no fish. / Water which is too pure has no fish.] More »
When nothing is sure, everything is possible. – (Dame) Margaret Drabble (1939 – ) More »
Set a thief to catch a thief. / The wolf knows what the ill beast thinks. More »
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