February 28

February 28 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. ~ Oscar Wilde
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~ Michel de Montaigne (born 28 February 1533)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * If you want to have good ideas you must have many ideas. Most of them will be wrong, and what you have to learn is which ones to throw away. ~ Linus Pauling (born 28 February 1901)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are feted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour. ~ Stephen Spender ~ (born 28 February 1909)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. ~ William F. Buckley, Jr. (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2009
 * I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old. ~ Michel de Montaigne
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Virtue refuses facility for her companion … the easy, gentle, and sloping path that guides the footsteps of a good natural disposition is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road. ~ Michel de Montaigne
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * Science cannot be stopped. Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences — and we cannot predict what they will be. Science will go on — whether we are pessimistic, or are optimistic, as I am. I know that great, interesting, and valuable discoveries can be made and will be made… But I know also that still more interesting discoveries will be made that I have not the imagination to describe — and I am awaiting them, full of curiosity and enthusiasm. ~ Linus Pauling
 * "Man will gather knowledge no matter what the consequences — and we cannot predict what they will be" proposed by Zarbon, extension proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * The world progresses, year by year, century by century, as the members of the younger generation find out what was wrong among the things that their elders said. So you must always be skeptical — always think for yourself. ~ Linus Pauling
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by DanielTom, in relation to Nimoy's recent death.


 * 2016


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself. ~ Michel de Montaigne
 * 3 because it is easy to be controlled by others. Zarbon 05:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:24, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 bystander (talk) 21:47, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me? ~ Michel de Montaigne
 * 3 because power is in the eye of the beholder. And to the cat, the master might be under its control. This is actually a rather interesting view. Zarbon 05:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:24, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

A man must be a little mad if he does not want to be even more stupid. ~ Michel de Montaigne
 * 3 because madness is preferable to stupidity. At least to me it is. Zarbon 05:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC) a good statement, but the interpretation is easily skewed in several different ways, not all of them profound; though I lean slightly toward a 3, despite these objections.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:24, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 21:47, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

And now you know — the rest of the story. ~ Paul Harvey (born 4 September 1918) (died 28 February 2009)
 * 2 Kalki 23:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC) but might rank this a 3 or even a 4 eventually.
 * 3 bystander (talk) 21:47, 16 February 2012 (UTC) Appropriate for the day of his death.

What America has succeeded in creating is not an economy impervious to shocks, but merely one which enables their consequences to be postponed to a later date. ~ Peter Schiff


 * 1 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 13:04, 21 February 2010 (UTC) I would rank this 2 on the 23 March page, which is Schiff's birthday, but there seems to be no clear relation to this date.