December 6

December 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * What we cannot speak of we must pass over in silence. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
 * selected by Snoyes


 * 2004
 * Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. ~ Samuel Butler
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Love is made out of ecstasy and wonder; Love is a poignant and accustomed pain. It is a burst of Heaven-shaking thunder; It is a linnet's fluting after rain. ~ Joyce Kilmer (born 6 December 1886)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. ~ Anthony Trollope ( (died 6 December 1882))
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2007
 * It is stern work, it is perilous work, to thrust your hand in the sun and pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm the hearts of men: but Prometheus, torn by the claws and beaks whose task is never done, would be tortured another eternity to go stealing fire again. ~ Joyce Kilmer (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * The Science of Language has taught us that there is order and wisdom in all languages, and even the most degraded jargons contain the ruins of former greatness and beauty. The Science of Religion, I hope, will produce a similar change in our views of barbarous forms of faith and worship. ~ Max Müller
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2009 :
 * Is Freedom only a Will-o'-the-wisp To cheat a poet's eye? Be it phantom or fact, it's a noble cause In which to sing and to die! ~ Joyce Kilmer ~ (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Whenever we can trace back a religion to its first beginnings, we find it free from many of the blemishes that offend us in its later phases. The founders of the ancient religions of the world, as far as we can judge, were minds of a high stamp, full of noble aspirations, yearning for truth, devoted to the welfare of their neighbors, examples of purity and unselfishness. What they desired to found upon earth was but seldom realized, and their sayings, if preserved in their original form, offer often a strange contrast to the practice of those who profess to be their disciples. ~ Max Müller
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. ~ Anthony Trollope in Barchester Towers (date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2012


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard of his recent death.


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. ~ Anthony Trollope (date of death)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 07:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:44, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Lyle 17:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 5 December 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 5 December 2017 (UTC)