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Quote of the Day for 2016-07-19

"A wise man does not desire the abundance but rather the sufficiency of things, for former often being harmful, the latter always beneficial."

Petrarch (1304-1374) De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae, dialogue 43 (circa 1373)

 

Image: ["With their bodies glowing bright"] A panel from the Mansfield Place Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, depicting The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins by Phoebe Traquair (1895)

 

This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-07-19

 

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Uploaded on July 19, 2016
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