July 20

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2003

I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race. ~ Education and the Social Order by Bertrand Russell

• selected by Gaurav

2004

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

• selected by Kalki

2005

That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. ~ Neil Armstrong on first stepping onto the surface of the moon, 20th July 1969.

• proposed by MosheZadka

2006

You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated. ~ Edmund Hillary (born 20 July 1919)

• proposed by Kalki

2007

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things. ~ Edmund Hillary (this attribution may be erroneous)

• proposed by Kalki

2008

Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure. ~ Petrarch

• proposed by Zarbon

2009

Houston: Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. ~ Neil Armstrong (first words of a human on the moon)

• proposed by 121a0012

2010

Suggestions

Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. ~ Edmund Hillary (born 20 July 1919)

• 3 Kalki 05:20, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 06:31, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

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Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together. ~ Petrarch

• 3 Zarbon 19:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 22:22, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

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A good death does honor to a whole life. ~ Petrarch

• 4 Zarbon 19:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 22:22, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

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To be able to say how much you love is to love but little. ~ Petrarch

• 2 Zarbon 19:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 22:22, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

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Books have led some to learning and others to madness, when they swallow more than they can digest. ~ Petrarch

• 3 Zarbon 19:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 22:22, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

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It is better to will the good than to know the truth. ~ Petrarch

• 3 Zarbon 19:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 22:22, 19 July 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

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There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen. ~ Petrarch

• 2 Zarbon 19:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 22:22, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

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Love is the crowning grace of humanity. ~ Petrarch

• 3 Kalki 22:22, 19 July 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
• 1 Zarbon 02:59, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

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The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity of the case, from the mere physiological to the psychological stage of scientific operations. ~ Richard Owen

• 3 Fossil 21:04, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 05:08, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 20:07, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

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Manifold subsequent experience has led to a truer appreciation and a more moderate estimate of the importance of the dependence of one living being upon another. ~ Richard Owen

• 4 Fossil 21:04, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 05:08, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 20:07, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 21:08, 19 July 2009 (UTC)