"Removing the straw that broke the camel's back does not necessarily allow
the camel to walk again."
A daily fortune or quote based on the Unix fortune program. Have it emailed to you daily, or browse this blog.
Sunday, December 31, 2017
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Fortune Quote #1977
Remembering is for those who have forgotten. -- Chinese proverb
Friday, December 29, 2017
Fortune Quote #1976
Sic hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Fortune Quote #1975
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. [Whatever is said in Latin
sounds profound.]
sounds profound.]
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Fortune Quote #1974
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. -- Publilius Syrus
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Fortune Quote #1973
Practice yourself what you preach. -- Titus Maccius Plautus
Monday, December 25, 2017
Fortune Quote #1972
Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. -- Homer
Sunday, December 24, 2017
Fortune Quote #1971
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit. [There is no great
genius without some touch of madness.] -- Seneca
genius without some touch of madness.] -- Seneca
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Fortune Quote #1970
Nothing endures but change. -- Heraclitus
Friday, December 22, 2017
Fortune Quote #1969
Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. --
Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Fortune Quote #1968
"Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate."
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Fortune Quote #1967
Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts. --
Plotinus
Plotinus
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Fortune Quote #1966
Man is the measure of all things. -- Protagoras
Monday, December 18, 2017
Fortune Quote #1965
Life is too important to take seriously. -- Corky Siegel
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Fortune Quote #1964
It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire. --
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Fortune Quote #1963
It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever
final. -- Roger Babson
final. -- Roger Babson
Friday, December 15, 2017
Fortune Quote #1962
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure. --
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Fortune Quote #1961
It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. -- Lucius
Annaeus Seneca
Annaeus Seneca
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Fortune Quote #1960
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it
frankly and try another. But above all, try something. -- Franklin
D. Roosevelt
frankly and try another. But above all, try something. -- Franklin
D. Roosevelt
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Fortune Quote #1959
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. --
Aeschylus
Aeschylus
Monday, December 11, 2017
Fortune Quote #1958
In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. -- Benjamin
Franklin
Franklin
Sunday, December 10, 2017
Fortune Quote #1957
If there is no wind, row. -- Polish proverb
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Fortune Quote #1956
I am a man: nothing human is alien to me. -- Publius Terentius
Afer (Terence)
Afer (Terence)
Friday, December 8, 2017
Fortune Quote #1955
He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as
he who is ready to die. -- Giacomo Leopardi
he who is ready to die. -- Giacomo Leopardi
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Fortune Quote #1954
He who fears the unknown may one day flee from his own backside.
-- Sinbad
-- Sinbad
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Fortune Quote #1953
He that bringeth a present, findeth the door open. -- Scottish
proverb.
proverb.
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Fortune Quote #1952
God gave man two ears and one tongue so that we listen twice as much as we
speak. -- Arab proverb
speak. -- Arab proverb
Monday, December 4, 2017
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Fortune Quote #1950
"A word to the wise is often enough to start an argument."
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Fortune Quote #1949
"Birds of a feather flock to a newly washed car."
Friday, December 1, 2017
Fortune Quote #1948
Fortune and love befriend the bold. -- Ovid
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