April 27
2004
- When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it. ~ Anatole France
- selected by Kalki
2005
- Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft (born 27 April 1759)
- selected by Kalki
2006
- The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ~ Edward Gibbon (born 27 April 1737 O.S. but actually 8 May in the Gregorian Calendar — confusions existed when this choice was made.)
- selected by Kalki
2007
- Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. I look forward to an epoch when a court, recognized by all nations, will settle international differences. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
- selected by Kalki
2008
- The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. ~ Herbert Spencer
- proposed by Kalki
2009
- No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
- proposed by Zarbon
2010
Suggestions
Progress, therefore, is not an accident, but a necessity. Instead of civilization being artificial, it is part of nature; all of a piece with the development of the embryo or the unfolding of a flower. ~ Herbert Spencer (born April 27, 1820)- 3 InvisibleSun 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 22:57, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have usually been wrong, must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. ~ Herbert Spencer
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 22:57, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
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In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He must beautify human life and defend it. He must be a citizen first and foremost, so that his art might consciously extol human life and lead man to a radiant future. Such is the immutable code of art as I see it. ~ Sergei Prokofiev (born April 27, 1891)
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 22:57, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 4 Kalki 01:58, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
* 3 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
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They who in folly or mere greed
Enslaved religion, markets, laws,
Borrow our language now and bid
Us to speak up in freedom's cause.
~ Cecil Day Lewis (born April 27, 1904)
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:57, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
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Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. ~ Coretta Scott King (born April 27, 1927)
- 3 InvisibleSun 18:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:57, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
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When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. ~ Yeshua (Jesus Christ) (Eastern Orthodox Easter 2008)
- 2 Kalki 01:58, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
* 4 Kalki 23:56, 25 April 2008 (UTC)no longer strongly related to the date. - 2 but I would have given it a 3 if it were trimmed to the last bit of the quote. I like this quote because it speaks of determination, a respectable quality, to endure and be saved in turn. Zarbon 00:03, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
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What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime. ~ Frank Abagnale
- 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
- 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
- 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
- 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
- 3 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
- 4 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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Though I have been trained as a soldier, and participated in many battles, there never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
- 3 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true. ~ Ulysses S. Grant
- 3 and lean toward 4. Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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Nothing, I am sure, calls forth the faculties so much as the being obliged to struggle with the world. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
- 3 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
- 3 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
- 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful to society, had that society been well organized. ~ Mary Wollstonecraft
- 3 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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It is the logic of our times,
No subject for immortal verse—
That we who lived by honest dreams
Defend the bad against the worse.
~ Cecil Day Lewis
- 3 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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Tempt me no more, for I
Have known the lightning's hour,
The poet's inward pride,
The certainty of power.
~ Cecil Day Lewis
- 2 Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow of the earth on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church. ~ Ferdinand Magellan (date of death)
- 3 if this is truly properly attributed to Magellan. Zarbon 17:54, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
- The available evidence indicates it to probably be a misattribution, and thus unacceptable. ~ Kalki 04:27, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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