February 22
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Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. ~ Isaac Asimov
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the lustre which may be reflected from its connection with a power of promoting human felicity. ~ George Washington (born 22 February 1732)
- selected by Kalki
- 2006
- I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. ~ George Washington (born 22 February 1732)
- proposed by Sir John Alexander Macdonald
- 2007
- Promote... as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened. ~ George Washington
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
- Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
- proposed by Kalki
- 2009
[edit] Suggestions
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. ~ James Russell Lowell
- 3 Kalki 20:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious to wait till all were agreed. She is said to lie at the bottom of a well, for the very reason, perhaps, that whoever looks down in search of her sees his own image at the bottom, and is persuaded not only that he has seen the goddess, but that she is far better looking than he had imagined. ~ James Russell Lowell
- 3 Kalki 20:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Who speaks the truth stabs Falsehood to the heart. ~ James Russell Lowell
- 3 Kalki 20:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 22:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
- 3 Kalki 20:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 22:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Every child is in a way a genius; and every genius is in a way a child. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
- 3 Kalki 20:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 22:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. ~ George Washington
- 3 Kalki 20:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 22:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. ~ George Washington
- 3 Kalki 20:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last. ~ George Washington
- 3 Kalki 20:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
