Friday, January 13, 2023

Quote of the Day (Larry David, on What Fame Has Done for Him)

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" I get up, go to work, come home, sit in my underwear, eat a box of Mallomars, watch ‘The Untouchables,’ yell at my wife and go to bed...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

Quote of the Day (Claire Tomalin, on Her Mother’s Good Advice About Books)

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“My mother told me early that whatever happens to you, however unhappy you may be, you can escape into a book.”— English editor and biograph...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Quote of the Day (Arthur Conan Doyle, on His Exceedingly Eccentric, ‘Untidy’ Genius Detective)

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“An anomaly which often struck me in the character of my friend Sherlock Holmes was that, although in his methods of thought he was the neat...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023

This Day in Civil War History (Dr. Samuel Mudd, Lincoln Conspiracy Defendant, Dies)

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Jan. 10, 1883— Dr. Samuel Mudd , whose medical aid to John Wilkes Booth led to his conviction as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination...

Quote of the Day (William Butler Yeats, on ‘The Worst Rogues and Rascals’)

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“We too had many pretty toys when young: A law indifferent to blame or praise, To bribe or threat; habits that made old wrong Melt down, as ...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Quote of the Day (Patricia Marx, on Confusing Cousin Relationships)

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“Your first cousin's grandchild is your first cousin, twice removed. Your parent's first cousin's grandchild is your second cous...
Sunday, January 8, 2023

Spiritual Quote of the Day (Pope St. Leo the Great, on the Paramount Importance of Mercy to the Poor)

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“Although a man be full of faith, and chaste, and sober, and adorned with other still greater decorations, yet if he is not merciful, he can...