Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

In nature's infinite book of secrecy a little I can read. ~ William Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra

• selected by Kalki

2005

It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. ~ Niccolò Machiavelli (born 3 May 1469)

• selected by Kalki

2006

Education is what you get when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't. ~ Pete Seeger (born 3 May 1919)

• selected by Kalki

2007

The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be. ~ Pete Seeger

• proposed by Kalki

2008

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves. ~ Niccolò Machiavelli

• proposed by Kalki

2009

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven.
~ Pete Seeger ~

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

Whenever men are not obliged to fight from necessity, they fight from ambition; which is so powerful in human breasts, that it never leaves them no matter to what rank they rise. The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that the desire being always greater than the acquisition, there results discontent with the possession and little satisfaction to themselves from it. ~ Niccolò Machiavelli

• 3 Kalki 16:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 05:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 04:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered. ~ Niccolò Machiavelli

• 3 Kalki 16:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
• 3 InvisibleSun 05:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Aphaia 16:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 04:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.
Good order and discipline in an army are more to be depended upon than ferocity. ~ Niccolò Machiavelli

• 2 Kalki 22:01, 2 May 2009 (UTC) 3 Kalki 16:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 05:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Aphaia 16:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• 3 because this is so true. I love this concept with all my heart. Zarbon 04:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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It’s no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? . . . Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either. ~ Golda Meir (born 3 May 1898)

• 3 Kalki 16:02, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 05:21, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 04:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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