tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226757452024-09-01T15:21:25.547+01:00I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority, by someone recognized wiser than oneself - Marlene DietrichJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.comBlogger2750125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-13254024403201252192014-05-09T08:30:00.000+01:002014-05-09T08:30:03.216+01:00<div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="text-align: center;">WISE MEN SAY . . . and WISE WOMEN TOO comes to an end today</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="text-align: center;">The blog began in February 2006 and today's quote brings the total of posts to 2,750. I thought the following rather good as a final quotation.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <i style="text-align: center;"><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <i style="text-align: center;">Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each one of us is special &nbsp;- </i><span style="text-align: center;">Brian Dyson</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-61132226090794175812014-05-08T08:30:00.000+01:002014-05-08T08:30:03.151+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gTYa0E1aCTp8UB5sLPxHHTOdPHzPH2s6jTZZ9HN3m4NPl6edJ9dusmsAVcK1sdrUMLoI31-Se_H5cohrKndVP23HwdsxMrI98YDAZjFS8zUeB4Xv9GwYsMCP5OqjzViuC1Jk/s1600/JBPriestley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5gTYa0E1aCTp8UB5sLPxHHTOdPHzPH2s6jTZZ9HN3m4NPl6edJ9dusmsAVcK1sdrUMLoI31-Se_H5cohrKndVP23HwdsxMrI98YDAZjFS8zUeB4Xv9GwYsMCP5OqjzViuC1Jk/s1600/JBPriestley.jpg" height="200" width="142" /></a></div> <br /> British novelist, playwright and broadcaster<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-54082369488484908622014-05-07T08:30:00.000+01:002014-05-07T08:30:00.648+01:00American clinical psychologist and author of self-help books<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection demoralizes you.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-26195028371778439792014-05-06T08:30:00.000+01:002014-05-06T08:30:02.393+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-KAujKRc6FDRb3Hc1wXeRNFHSqA6PW2cpBEALo0OGSfqwtqwaOx_3i-_I0U2CyRqA33abSc_3XwZVMPjoDWrayqzXc_MIPS85a16n0OUUrJFCj3fPfwSDvLoe9UV827yiP8j/s1600/220px-Samuel_Johnson_by_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-KAujKRc6FDRb3Hc1wXeRNFHSqA6PW2cpBEALo0OGSfqwtqwaOx_3i-_I0U2CyRqA33abSc_3XwZVMPjoDWrayqzXc_MIPS85a16n0OUUrJFCj3fPfwSDvLoe9UV827yiP8j/s1600/220px-Samuel_Johnson_by_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg" height="200" width="164" /></a></div> <br /> English poet, essayist, literary critic, biographer and lexicographer<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-44745318405554717092014-05-05T08:30:00.000+01:002014-05-05T08:30:00.732+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAu4poVQbZNaDa97ARIVvY0uouDl85rVe0__O_g2-D8J3QXAAfCgfsags9rznaMK10mzn8j1LmsMXS8I019H0wtt3ZnIj8urFxk9jrUyyLXXaH0Bpo5ykfTqI3b9ZxCThAFVVz/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAu4poVQbZNaDa97ARIVvY0uouDl85rVe0__O_g2-D8J3QXAAfCgfsags9rznaMK10mzn8j1LmsMXS8I019H0wtt3ZnIj8urFxk9jrUyyLXXaH0Bpo5ykfTqI3b9ZxCThAFVVz/s1600/download.jpg" height="141" width="200" /></a></div> American author of "Small and Simple Things."<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh - crying gives me a headache!</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-71913100377866638692014-05-03T08:30:00.000+01:002014-05-03T08:30:03.804+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-88137586912457603672014-05-02T08:30:00.000+01:002014-05-02T08:30:04.865+01:00<div style="text-align: left;"> American singer-songwriter and actress</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always become a better version of yourself.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-41923860545219503632014-05-01T08:30:00.000+01:002014-05-01T08:30:03.259+01:00Giovanni di Pietro Bernardone was an Italian Catholic friar and teacher who, though never ordained to the priesthood, was one of the most revered religious figures in history<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Remember, we learn nothing by speaking.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-34208996603663252092014-04-30T08:30:00.000+01:002014-04-30T08:30:00.382+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9na9ppTX3-gXrLD8Xre-FeeBrbJNBvD0IVX34Qv94WESulGg6OyL-tbQRTSUa149poTFwQ3ztrh0bTvZYgDWOupo9YsWe3EDi2pvxbnxo4Wm549ko3mcPnPPRM_wfMtrD6FPU/s1600/220px-William_James_b1842c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9na9ppTX3-gXrLD8Xre-FeeBrbJNBvD0IVX34Qv94WESulGg6OyL-tbQRTSUa149poTFwQ3ztrh0bTvZYgDWOupo9YsWe3EDi2pvxbnxo4Wm549ko3mcPnPPRM_wfMtrD6FPU/s1600/220px-William_James_b1842c.jpg" height="200" width="154" /></a></div> <br /> American physician, philosopher and psychologist<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely </i>-&nbsp;<i>rearranging their prejudices.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-66890184486430429012014-04-28T08:30:00.000+01:002014-04-28T08:30:02.058+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QWx-lLCduUvpYVISGNOkfX5x4o_mZSufmbmjP-2oYEc_XtKfB9hucloBVLOag1Lm1RS-Ru-aT9pAKzudKPF2-jL6Delgj5AFIM-1SYFaQPObpDNP7RorvIbJ_vq9QSSmX6cd/s1600/220px-Eleanor_Roosevelt_cph.3b16000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QWx-lLCduUvpYVISGNOkfX5x4o_mZSufmbmjP-2oYEc_XtKfB9hucloBVLOag1Lm1RS-Ru-aT9pAKzudKPF2-jL6Delgj5AFIM-1SYFaQPObpDNP7RorvIbJ_vq9QSSmX6cd/s1600/220px-Eleanor_Roosevelt_cph.3b16000.jpg" height="200" width="134" /></a></div> <br /> American politician, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-14338338010917403912014-04-27T08:30:00.000+01:002014-04-27T08:30:03.208+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>SEVEN DEADLY SINS</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Truth, if it becomes a weapon against persons.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Beauty, if it becomes vanity.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Love, if it becomes possessive.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Loyalty, if it becomes blind, careless trust.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Tolerance, if it becomes indifference.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Self-confidence, if it becomes arrogance.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Faith, if it becomes self-righteous</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-12415124962827439042014-04-26T08:21:00.000+01:002014-04-26T08:21:29.963+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_ThhnqOaJaA7BuyKxip5XvrLY4gu2Z99XdHe0mClV13y7xD5GsU7RW27ucN4evTIBbBA8soN3gOqpM3SwHffGD2AKnFheajaxFMNEDXMiOowTMkTiL_00nP2o2sS7lEU4KTK/s1600/220px-Guillaume_Apollinaire_foto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_ThhnqOaJaA7BuyKxip5XvrLY4gu2Z99XdHe0mClV13y7xD5GsU7RW27ucN4evTIBbBA8soN3gOqpM3SwHffGD2AKnFheajaxFMNEDXMiOowTMkTiL_00nP2o2sS7lEU4KTK/s1600/220px-Guillaume_Apollinaire_foto.jpg" height="200" width="131" /></a></div> <br /> French poet, &nbsp;playwright and novelist, one of the forefathers of surrealism<br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> <br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-38066394597751644692014-04-25T08:30:00.000+01:002014-04-25T08:30:02.914+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnpTyYxwSg_t9cAy3-Ffh-l7wNNPVgW2qoIN5fyCx3AOaLOlTw5mLsCkcXKjDTNfqxmPxmloQhuPJQVR2FKouQdUsjEDK-jZOGkFjtogOp82J-4LssiDgU4gNAMWUxIuBRAV9/s1600/George_Sand_by_Nadar,_1864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNnpTyYxwSg_t9cAy3-Ffh-l7wNNPVgW2qoIN5fyCx3AOaLOlTw5mLsCkcXKjDTNfqxmPxmloQhuPJQVR2FKouQdUsjEDK-jZOGkFjtogOp82J-4LssiDgU4gNAMWUxIuBRAV9/s1600/George_Sand_by_Nadar,_1864.jpg" height="200" width="157" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> George Sand was the pseudonym of Amantine-Lucille-Aurore Dupin, the French novelist whose name has always been associated with the composer Chopin.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-4572865285877785472014-04-24T08:30:00.000+01:002014-04-24T08:30:01.772+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead o</i><i>f your voice.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-36635870081621730652014-04-23T08:30:00.000+01:002014-04-23T08:30:02.723+01:00<div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgki4Mdnma7CK02V1ZtG5HiAeOBZrllTwqufY9cMcmwUBaQCLBuLtCCd7Rp6_3zNselcDsCOuP4Emg9hxsOkAEjcID9bouKUL4hVoV3QCsztXZmKT-sJ8uc2VGLIty3cQeI4i-a/s1600/225px-Curie-nobel-portrait-2-600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgki4Mdnma7CK02V1ZtG5HiAeOBZrllTwqufY9cMcmwUBaQCLBuLtCCd7Rp6_3zNselcDsCOuP4Emg9hxsOkAEjcID9bouKUL4hVoV3QCsztXZmKT-sJ8uc2VGLIty3cQeI4i-a/s1600/225px-Curie-nobel-portrait-2-600.jpg" height="200" width="137" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> Polish, naturalised French physicist and chemist</div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> <i>Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-58482979637817206052014-04-22T08:30:00.000+01:002014-04-22T08:30:05.379+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyb13H0eGxK4sCinSA1CC87oWia7PSCYiVVogPEHBhQih-XvFW-cHj-gqNriFOdY_soRZUYp2gUYWLmhA0hH0jomb2KPq5bV03-g3FlH3nhj00J6aH6-7jir2vi7DCPglseHqn/s1600/Benjamin_Disraeli_by_Cornelius_Jabez_Hughes,_1878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyb13H0eGxK4sCinSA1CC87oWia7PSCYiVVogPEHBhQih-XvFW-cHj-gqNriFOdY_soRZUYp2gUYWLmhA0hH0jomb2KPq5bV03-g3FlH3nhj00J6aH6-7jir2vi7DCPglseHqn/s1600/Benjamin_Disraeli_by_Cornelius_Jabez_Hughes,_1878.jpg" height="200" width="142" /></a></div> <br /> 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><br /></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> -o0o-</div> Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02902634877966762520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22675745.post-59876800230896810632014-04-21T08:30:00.000+01:002014-04-21T08:30:02.442+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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