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Re: ~ Quote Of The Day ~
« Reply #195 on: December 04, 2013, 03:38:12 PM »
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 - Thomas Carlyle's Birthday



A Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era.   

Biography is the only true history.
Thomas Carlyle

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« Reply #196 on: December 05, 2013, 07:55:28 PM »
Thursday, December 5th, 2013 - International Volunteers Day

A good man never dies.
Callimachus

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« Reply #197 on: December 06, 2013, 07:23:38 PM »
Friday, December 6th, 2013 - Baltasar Gracian's Death Anniversary



A Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer.   

Knowledge without courage is sterile.
Baltasar Gracian

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« Reply #198 on: December 07, 2013, 07:07:49 PM »
Saturday, December 7th, 2013 - Willa Cather's Birthday



An American author who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.     

There are some things you learn best in calm and some in storm.
Willa Cather

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« Reply #199 on: December 08, 2013, 10:53:26 AM »
Sunday, December 8th, 2013 - Jim Morrison's Birthday



The lead singer and lyricist of American band The Doors.   

When you make your peace with authority you become authority.
Jim Morrison

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« Reply #200 on: December 09, 2013, 10:26:05 AM »
Monday, December 9th, 2013 - John Milton's Birthday



An English poet, polemicist, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England.   

Where no hope is left is left no fear.
John Milton

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« Reply #201 on: December 10, 2013, 09:25:49 AM »
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 - Human Rights Day

Independence is happiness.
Susan B. Anthony

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« Reply #202 on: December 12, 2013, 02:21:14 PM »
Thursday, December 12th, 2013 - Robert Browning's Death Anniversary



An English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.     

Love is energy of life.
Robert Browning

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« Reply #203 on: December 13, 2013, 11:19:01 AM »
Friday, December 13th, 2013 - Samuel Johnson's Death Anniversary



A British author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.   

Languages are the pedigree of nations.
Samuel Johnson

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« Reply #204 on: December 14, 2013, 09:30:01 AM »
Saturday, December 14th, 2013 - George Washington's Death Anniversary



The dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799.   

It is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

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« Reply #205 on: December 15, 2013, 11:13:22 AM »
Sunday, December 15th, 2013 - Muriel Rukeyser's Birthday



An American poet and political activist, best known for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism.   

The journey is my home.
Muriel Rukeyser

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« Reply #206 on: December 16, 2013, 11:33:21 AM »
Monday, December 16th, 2013 - W. Somerset Maugham's Death Anniversary



An English playwright, novelist and short story writer.     

We do not write as we want but as we can.
W. Somerset Maugham

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« Reply #207 on: December 17, 2013, 08:42:17 AM »
Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 - John Greenleaf Whittier's Birthday



An influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.   

The simple heart that freely asks in love obtains.
John Greenleaf Whittier

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« Reply #208 on: December 18, 2013, 10:44:04 AM »
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 - Mary Parker Follett's Death Anniversary



An American social worker, management consultant and pioneer in the fields of organizational theory and organizational behavior.     

Experience may be hard but we claim its gifts because they are real even though our feet bleed on its stones.
Mary Parker Follett

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« Reply #209 on: December 20, 2013, 02:07:17 PM »
Friday, December 20th, 2013 - Mignon McLaughlin's Death Anniversary

An American journalist and author.     

Learning too soon our limitations we never learn our powers.
Mignon McLaughlin