https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#daily_quoteDaily Quote2026-07-21T21:12:35.928865+00:00Daily Quotepython-feedgenhttps://gist.github.com/favicon.icoOne quote a day, with a Wikiquote link to the author when one existshttps://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-21“Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.” — Francis Bacon2026-07-21T00:00:00+00:00Francis BaconJudges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. — Francis Bacon2026-07-21T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-20“99.99% of fools deny their foolishness. The rest underestimate it.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00Mokokoma Mokhonoana99.99% of fools deny their foolishness. The rest underestimate it. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-19“It is perfectly certain that the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will actually exist in another world” — Sokrates2026-07-19T00:00:00+00:00SokratesIt is perfectly certain that the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will actually exist in another world — Sokrates2026-07-19T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-18“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.” — Erica Jong2026-07-18T00:00:00+00:00Erica JongEveryone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. — Erica Jong2026-07-18T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-17“Prepare for the worst, expect the best and take what comes. This is fatalism.” — Anonymous2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00AnonymousPrepare for the worst, expect the best and take what comes. This is fatalism. — Anonymous2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-16“Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south?” — Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A)2026-07-16T00:00:00+00:00Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A)Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south? — Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A)2026-07-16T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-15“All the good are friends of one another.” — Zeno of Citium2026-07-15T00:00:00+00:00Zeno of CitiumAll the good are friends of one another. — Zeno of Citium2026-07-15T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-14“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” — Abraham Lincoln2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00Abraham LincolnBe sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. — Abraham Lincoln2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-13“There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.” — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A)2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A)There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence. — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A)2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-12“Human beings are makers, usually of a mountain out of a molehill.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana2026-07-12T00:00:00+00:00Mokokoma MokhonoanaHuman beings are makers, usually of a mountain out of a molehill. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana2026-07-12T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-11“The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.” — Aesop2026-07-11T00:00:00+00:00AesopThe injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. — Aesop2026-07-11T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-10“The element of the unexpected and the unforeseeable is what gives some of its relish to life and saves us from falling into the mechanical thralldom of the logicians.” — Winston Churchill2026-07-10T00:00:00+00:00Winston ChurchillThe element of the unexpected and the unforeseeable is what gives some of its relish to life and saves us from falling into the mechanical thralldom of the logicians. — Winston Churchill2026-07-10T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-09“If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00Johann Wolfgang von GoetheIf you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-08“Sadness may be part of life but there is no need to let it dominate your entire life.” — Byron Pulsifer2026-07-08T00:00:00+00:00Byron PulsiferSadness may be part of life but there is no need to let it dominate your entire life. — Byron Pulsifer2026-07-08T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-07“The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.” — Benjamin Franklin2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00Benjamin FranklinThe absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. — Benjamin Franklin2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-06“Our greatest glory is not in never failing but rising everytime we fall.” — Confucius2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00ConfuciusOur greatest glory is not in never failing but rising everytime we fall. — Confucius2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-05“Fame always goes with the principles.” — Baltasar Gracián2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00Baltasar GraciánFame always goes with the principles. — Baltasar Gracián2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-04“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.” — Ayn Rand2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00Ayn RandThroughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. — Ayn Rand2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-03“Tolerance starts when you practise it.” — Proverb2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00ProverbTolerance starts when you practise it. — Proverb2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-02“The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet, will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing. The story is told that someone complained to Socrates that travelling abroad had never done him any good and received the reply: "What else can you expect, seeing that you always take yourself along with you when you go abroad?‟” — Seneca2026-07-02T00:00:00+00:00SenecaThe man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet, will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing. The story is told that someone complained to Socrates that travelling abroad had never done him any good and received the reply: "What else can you expect, seeing that you always take yourself along with you when you go abroad?‟ — Seneca2026-07-02T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-01“I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” — Rumi2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00RumiI want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. — Rumi2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-06-30“War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry2026-06-30T00:00:00+00:00Antoine de Saint-ExupéryWar is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry2026-06-30T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-06-29“In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep” — Sokrates2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00SokratesIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep — Sokrates2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-06-28“Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion.” — Danish Proverb2026-06-28T00:00:00+00:00Danish ProverbEvery person is a fool in somebody's opinion. — Danish Proverb2026-06-28T00:00:00+00:00https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-06-27“Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.” — Bertrand Russell2026-06-27T00:00:00+00:00Bertrand RussellReligions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. — Bertrand Russell2026-06-27T00:00:00+00:00