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Re: ~ Quote Of The Day ~
« Reply #855 on: February 22, 2016, 08:02:06 PM »
Monday, February 22nd, 2016 - Sydney Smith's Death Anniversary



An English writer and Anglican cleric.

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.
Sydney Smith

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« Reply #856 on: February 24, 2016, 09:09:40 PM »
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's Death Anniversary



A German scientist, satirist and Anglophile.

A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it you can't expect an apostle to look out.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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« Reply #857 on: February 25, 2016, 01:36:26 PM »
Thursday, February 25th, 2016 - Tennessee Williams' Death Anniversary



An American writer who primarily worked in American theater writing plays.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.
Tennessee Williams

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« Reply #858 on: February 26, 2016, 01:43:10 PM »
Friday, February 26th, 2016 - William Ralph Inge's Death Anniversary



An English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, "Dean Inge.

The happy people are those who are producing something.
William Ralph Inge

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« Reply #859 on: February 27, 2016, 07:54:42 PM »
Saturday, February 27th, 2016 - Peter de Vries' Birthday



An American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality but must live with a character.
Peter de Vries

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« Reply #860 on: February 28, 2016, 01:42:51 PM »
Sunday, February 28th, 2016 - Daniel J. Boorstin's Death Anniversary



An American historian, professor, attorney, and writer.

Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.
Daniel J. Boorstin

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« Reply #861 on: March 01, 2016, 01:54:29 PM »
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016 - International Women of Color Day

Some leaders are born women.
Geraldine Ferraro

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« Reply #862 on: March 02, 2016, 09:21:29 AM »
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 - David Herbert Lawrence's Death Anniversary



An English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic.

While we live let us live.
David Herbert Lawrence

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« Reply #863 on: March 03, 2016, 02:46:37 PM »
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 - National Anthem Day

Our true nationality is mankind.
H. G. Wells

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« Reply #864 on: March 06, 2016, 01:42:03 PM »
Sunday, March 6th, 2016 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Birthday



One of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era.

Good to forgive; Best to forget.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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« Reply #865 on: March 07, 2016, 03:49:57 PM »
Monday, March 7th, 2016 - Luther Burbank's Birthday



An American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.

The greatest happiness in the world is to make others happy.
Luther Burbank

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« Reply #866 on: March 08, 2016, 01:53:39 PM »
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016 - International Women's Day

Nature is in earnest when she makes a woman.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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« Reply #867 on: March 09, 2016, 11:55:56 AM »
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 - George Burns' Death Anniversary



An American comedian, actor, and writer.

I would rather be a failure doing something I love than be a sucess doing something I hate.
George Burns

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« Reply #868 on: March 11, 2016, 08:45:53 AM »
Friday, March 11th, 2016 - Douglas Adams' Birthday



An English writer and dramatist.

Life is wasted on the living.
Douglas Adams

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« Reply #869 on: March 12, 2016, 09:42:12 AM »
Saturday, March 12th, 2016 - Employee Day

No gains without pains.
Adlai E. Stevenson