September 22

September 22

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2003

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. ~ Samuel Johnson

• selected by Nanobug

2004

At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols. ~ Aldous Huxley

• selected by Kalki

2005

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~ George Eliot

• proposed by Kalki for the first day of Autumn 2005 in Northern Hemisphere

2006

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield (born 22 September 1694)

• proposed by InvisibleSun

2007

Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self. ~ Dōgen (died today in 1253)

• proposed by Aphaia

2008

Suggestions

Why sir, there is the probability that you will soon be able to tax it. – Michael Faraday (born September 22, 1791), answering the Chancellor of the Exchequer who had asked what was the use of electricity.

• 4. David | Talk 21:02, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
• 2 - A good quote; but it would need a line of explanation for context, which would make it less suitable for Quote of the Day - InvisibleSun 19:19, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 16:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield (born 22 September 1694)

• 3 InvisibleSun 19:19, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 16:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one. ~ Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield

• 3 InvisibleSun 19:19, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
• 3 Aphaia 08:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 16:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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The strong man is strongest when alone. ~ Friedrich Schiller, Wilhelm Tell. (22 September 1499) - Switzerland became an independent state.

• 3 Aphaia 08:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 16:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 18:11, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Work. Finish. Publish. ~ Michael Faraday (born today in 1791

• 3 Aphaia 08:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 16:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 18:11, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Just practice good, do good for others, without thinking of making yourself known so that you may gain reward. Really bring benefit to others, gaining nothing for yourself. This is the primary requisite for breaking free of attachments to the Self. ~ Dōgen (died today in 1253)

• 3 Aphaia 08:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• 4 Kalki 16:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
• 4 InvisibleSun 18:11, 21 September 2007 (UTC)