From Plutarch: “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
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Quote of the day 10/31/24
From Plutarch: “Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.”
Quote of the day 10/28/24
From Plutarch: “To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
Quote of the day 10/27/24
From Plutarch: “To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
Quote of the day 10/08/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Quote of the day 10/07/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.”
Quote of the day 10/06/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.”
Quote of the day 10/02/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
Quote of the day 10/01/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”
Quote of the day 09/29/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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