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On This Day, July 26 …
1775 -
A postal system was established by the 2nd Continental Congress of
the United States. The first Postmaster General was Benjamin
Franklin.
Quotes
"Stupidity is far more dangerous than evil, for evil takes a break
from time to time; stupidity does not."
~ Anatole France [Francois-Anatole Thibault], 1844-1924, Nobel
Prize-winning French poet, journalist & novelist ("Penguin
Island")
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that
curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."
~ Arnold Edinborough, 192_- , British-born Canadian educator,
editor, arts promoter & columnist
"Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are
already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child
cannot do much harm one way or the other."
~ Robert Charles Benchley, 1889-1945, American humorist, writer,
actor, critic ("The New Yorker") [grandfather of Peter Benchley,
author of "Jaws"]
"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when
you'd have preferred to talk."
~ Doug Larson
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are really
rearranging their prejudices."
~ Edward R. [born Egbert Roscoe] Murrow, 1908-1965, American
broadcast journalist & newscaster
"Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the
kings don't expect them to be."
~ Terry [Sir Terence David John] Pratchett, OBE, 1948- ,
British novelist & satirist ("Discworld" series – has sold over 55
million books) |
