Past pearls of wisdom explaining what is happening today…
| Current Headline | Wisdom from the Past |
|---|---|
| Jan. 6 Was Worse Than We Knew NY Times | “We are a paper frigate sailing on a burning lake.” —Frederick Seidel |
| Republicans Shout Down Lindsey Graham for Pushing Vaccine | “The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.” HL Mencken |
| Doctors grow frustrated over COVID-19 denial, misinformation | “While people are entitled to their illusions, they are not entitled to a limitless enjoyment of them and they are not entitled to impose them upon others.” Christopher Hitchens |
| Dow sheds 300 points as investors ditch technology stocks, Nasdaq drops 2% CNBC | “you cannot cling to anything in a changing world.” Osho |
| Trump, talked out of announcing a 2024 bid for now, settles on a wink-and-nod unofficial candidacy Washington Post | Stupidity is knowing the truth, seeing the truth but still believing the lies. Richard Feynman |
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