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Tag: “Weekly Saying”

March 22, 2012 Maxim

Posted on March 22, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“The border has not always been a barrier and there is no reason to think that it will not become something else in the future.” Rachel St. John Line in the Sand: A History of the Western ... Read More

March 15, 2012 Maxim

Posted on March 15, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“If you can’t make yourself loved, make yourself feared.” Mayer Amschel Rothschild Quoted by Niall Ferguson The Ascent of Money  ... Read More

March 8, 2012 Maxim

Posted on March 8, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.” John Kenneth Galbraith American Economist  ... Read More

March 1, 2012 Maxim

Posted on March 1, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“You can live a long time on chocolate and wine.” Unknown Visit Paso Robles, CA... Read More

February 23, 2012 Maxim

Posted on February 23, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“People have a tremendous capacity to rationalize, especially when infected by ideology.”  Eugene Genovese US Historian.... Read More

February 16, 2012 Maxim

Posted on February 16, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?  No one knows – It’s never been tried. Unknown  ... Read More

February 9, 2012 Maxim

Posted on February 9, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.” Woody Allen American Actor... Read More

February 2, 2012 Maxim

Posted on February 2, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“In the centuries following the Peloponnesian War, Athens became the first in a long line of senescent Western powers to suffer the ignominious transformation from world power to open-air theme ... Read More

January 26, 2012, Maxim

Posted on January 26, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“…anyone who believes that governments are in control of economies is living in cloud-cuckoo-land.” John Gribben, Author Deep Simplicity... Read More

January 19, 2012 Maxim

Posted on January 19, 2012January 5, 2012 by Simon
“It is easier to wax elegiac for the life of a peasant when you do not have to use a long-drop toilet.” Matt Ridley, Author The Rational Optimist (p. 12).  ... Read More
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