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A Bit of Wisdom from Edmund Burke

Posted by: thepinetree on 01/12/2023 10:20 AM
“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." ~ Edmund Burke 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." ~ Edmund Burke 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” ~ Edmund Burke 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” ~ Edmund Burke 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797

“Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.” ~ Edmund Burke 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797

“Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.” ~ Edmund Burke 12 January 1729 – 9 July 1797

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A Bit of Wisdom from Alexander Hamilton

Posted by: thepinetree on 01/11/2023 07:57 AM
“If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“The constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804

“Those who stand for nothing fall for everything.” ~ Alexander Hamilton January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804


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A Bit of Wisdom from Baltasar Gracián

Posted by: thepinetree on 01/08/2023 11:31 AM
“Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.” ~ Baltasar Gracián 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658

“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.” ~ Baltasar Gracián 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658

“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.” ~ Baltasar Gracián 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658

“A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.” ~ Baltasar Gracián 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.” ~ Baltasar Gracián 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658

“Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.” ~ Baltasar Gracián 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658

“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.” ~ Baltasar Gracián 8 January 1601 – 6 December 1658

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A Bit of Wisdom from King C. Gillette

Posted by: thepinetree on 01/05/2023 06:11 PM
"A friend of mine asked why I could not invent something that everybody would use and throw away afterwards, and then come back for more. Except pins, I could think of nothing. The next day I dropped my razor and damaged the edge. Then the idea came." ~ King Camp Gillette January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932

"There are two kinds of men who never amount to much: those who cannot do what they are told and those who can do nothing else." ~ King Camp Gillette January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932

"Every individual… is absolute master of his own destiny, his progress being limited only by his ambition and intelligence." ~ King Camp Gillette January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932

"Any system is wrong which permits individuals to be born to a life of non-productiveness." ~ King Camp Gillette January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932

"A man cannot live without labor, except he live on the labor of others." ~ King Camp Gillette January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932

"You cannot benefit the poor without benefiting the rich." ~ King Camp Gillette January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932

"I didn’t know enough to quit." ~ King Camp Gillette January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932

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A Bit of Wisdom from Sir Isaac Newton

Posted by: thepinetree on 01/04/2023 11:30 PM
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.” ~ Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727

“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy” ~ Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727

“What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.” ~ Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727

“Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.” ~ Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727

“Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.” ~ Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727

“To every action there is always an equal and opposite or contrary, reaction” ~ Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727

“What goes up must come down.” ~ Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727

“Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation” ~ Sir Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 - 31 March 1727

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A Bit of Wisdom from J. R. R. Tolkien

Posted by: thepinetree on 01/03/2023 11:12 AM
“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”

John R. R. Tolkien 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973

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A Bit of Wisdom from Isaac Asimov

Posted by: thepinetree on 01/02/2023 11:15 AM
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." ~ Isaac Asimov January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992

"Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance." ~ Isaac Asimov January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992

"All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men." ~ Isaac Asimov January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." ~ Isaac Asimov January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." ~ Isaac Asimov January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992

"Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." ~ Isaac Asimov January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992

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A Bit of Wisdom from Louis Pasteur

Posted by: thepinetree on 12/27/2022 10:47 AM
“whatever your career may be, do not let yourselves become tainted by a deprecating and barren scepticism, do not let yourselves be discouraged by the sadness of certain hours which pass over nations. Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries. Say to yourselves first : ' What have I done for my instruction ? ' and , as you gradually advance, 'What have I done for my country?' until the time comes when you may have the immense happiness of thinking that you have contributed in some way to the progress and to the good of humanity. But, whether our efforts are or not favoured by life, let us be able to say, when we come near the great goal, ' I have done what I could” ~ Louis Pasteur December 1822 – 28 September 1895

“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.” ~ Louis Pasteur December 1822 – 28 September 1895

“A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.” ~ Louis Pasteur December 1822 – 28 September 1895

“Chance favors only the prepared mind.” ~ Louis Pasteur December 1822 – 28 September 1895

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A Bit of Wisdom from Lady Bird Johnson

Posted by: thepinetree on 12/22/2022 01:28 PM
"Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within." ~ Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007

"It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you." ~ Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007

"Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor." ~ Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007

"Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them." ~ Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007

"The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom." ~ Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007

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A Bit of Wisdom from Branch Rickey

Posted by: thepinetree on 12/21/2022 12:53 PM
"I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do." ~ Wesley Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965

"Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game." ~ Wesley Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965

"It is not the honor that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind." ~ Wesley Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965

"The man with the ball is responsible for what happens to the ball." ~ Wesley Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965

"Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day." ~ Wesley Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965

"Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil." ~ Wesley Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965

"Luck is the residue of design." ~ Wesley Branch Rickey December 20, 1881 – December 9, 1965

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