Wednesday, February 05, 2014

My Other Quotation Sites

Two other quotation sites I play with:

Typographic quotation marks (top) versus strai...
Typographic quotation marks (top) versus straight quotation marks, or "dumb quotes" (bottom). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)




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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

One's Legacy





"What you leave behind is not what is 

engraved in stone monuments, but 

what is woven into the lives of others."


Pericles (c. 495 – 429 BC)

Monday, July 16, 2012

Self-esteem

Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.


Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, satirist, historian

Dec. 4, 1795 – Feb. 5, 1881
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Achievement

English: Portrait of the head of Scottish auth...
English: Portrait of the head of Scottish author Thomas Carlyle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.


Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, satirist, historian

Dec. 4, 1795 – Feb. 5, 1881
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Honesty and Integrity

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 19:  Original docume...
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 19: Original documents are seen on display as the Hebrew University of Jerusalem launches the all-new, expanded Albert Einstein Archives on March 19, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel. The project which was started in early 2011 and was a joint venture with the University's partner organisation Californian based Einstein Papers Project, is now ready for its launch which will include a new website with a catalog which will be updated in real time. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Promise little and do much.


Hebrew Proverb
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Patience and Strength

Statue of Ovid in Constantza
Statue of Ovid in Constantza (Photo credit: Alex Panoiu)

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

(Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.)



Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Roman poet,
20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18

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Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Creativity and Freedom

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (Photo credit: mansionwb)
Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.


Albert Einstein, Theoretical physicist (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955)
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Friday, January 27, 2012

Truth and Absurdity

Albert Camus
Image by Mitmensch0812 via Flickr

"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth"

"Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth."


Camus, Albert (November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960)
French-Algerian author, journalist, and philosopher.
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