July 2011
25 posts
“Writing after Alexander’s death, another participant, Onesicritus, went so...”
– Plutarch, Life of Alexander, XLVI. Alexander romance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Listenalisonagosti: Sea Wolf - You’re A Wolf
Jul 29th
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Jul 28th
“South Florida is the default capital of the country.”
– Probably the worst opening line of a news story today.  Unbelievable. Affluent Buyers Reviving Market for Miami Homes - NYTimes.com
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“One test of the correctnes​s of an educationa​l procedure is the happiness of...”
– Maria Montessori
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“Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.”
– Oscar Wilde “The True Function and Value of Criticism.” The Nineteenth Century XXVII (July-December 1890): 137.  Wikiquote
Jul 9th
“Call us Aaron Burr from the way we’re dropping Hamiltons.”
– Lazy Sunday
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“History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme.”
– Unknown.   Attributed, incorrectly, to Mark Twain, who is — like Oscar Wilde and Anonymous — one of the default sources for witty quotes regardless of whether or not he actually ever said anything like it.   Wilde, at a dinner party of course, once said in response to something witty...
Jul 6th
“There are two types of education… One should teach us how to make a...”
– John Adams Quotes
Jul 6th
“Judeo-Christian” treats one as a runner-up and the other as an outcome and...”
– Matthew Kapstein quoting someone else.
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