QOTD 12/6/24

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”

-Bernard Baruch

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QOTD 12/4/24

“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.”

-Niccolo Machiavelli

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QOTD 12/3/24

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards”

-Soren Kierkegaard

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QOTD 12/2/24

“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.”

-John Adams

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QOTD 11/30/24

“The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs ... has been, not whether be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.”

-John Locke

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QOTD 11/29/24

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.”

-Aristotle

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QOTD 11/28/24

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”

-Laozi

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QOTD 11/27/24

"He who learns but does not think is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."

- Confucius

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QOTD 11/26/24

“A republic, if you can keep it.” --Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"

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QOTD 11/25/24

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”

-Mark Twain

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QOTD 11/24/24:

“We should not spoil what we have by desiring what we have not; but remember that what we now have was once among the things we only hoped for.”

-Zeno of Citium