Friday, September 9, 2022

QOD:  If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.  ~  Cardinal Richelieu (né Armand Jean du Plessis; Sept. 9, 1585 ~ Dec. 4, 1642), French clergyman and statesman

Thursday, September 9, 2021

QOD:  I’ve always considered it a type of sin against the vast and wonderous panorama of life to make you world small, shrink-filled to convenience, immunized against change and unfamiliarity.  ~  Bob Shacochis (b. Sept. 9, 1951), American novelist

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

QOD:  It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.  ~  Leo Tolstoy (Sept. 9, 1828 ~ Nov. 20, 1910), Russian novelist

Sunday, September 9, 2018

QOD:  An arrogant person considers himself perfect.  This is the chief harm of arrogance.  It interferes with a person’s main task in life ~ becoming a better person.  ~  Leo Tolstoy (Sept. 9, 1828 ~ Nov. 20, 1910)

Friday, September 9, 2016

QOD:  The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.  ~  Leo Tolstoy (Sept. 9, 1828 ~ Nov. 20, 1910)

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015

QOD:  Teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing.  ~  Hugh Grant (né Hugh John Mungo Grant; b. Sept. 9, 1960)

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

QOD:  Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.  ~  Leo Tolstoy (Sept. 9, 1828 ~ Nov. 20, 1910)

Monday, September 9, 2013

QOD:  Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.  ~  Leo Tolstoy (Sept. 9, 1828 ~ Nov. 20, 1910)