March 1

March 1 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. ~ John Stuart Mill
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. ~ Jef Raskin (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * I dreamt the past was never past redeeming: But whether this was false or honest dreaming I beg death's pardon now. And mourn the dead. ~ Richard Wilbur (born 1 March 1921)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found. ~ Tzvetan Todorov ( born 1 March 1922)
 * proposed by Fys


 * 2008
 * Try to remember this: what you project Is what you will perceive; what you perceive With any passion, be it love or terror, May take on whims and powers of its own. ~ Richard Wilbur ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step. ~ Napoleon I of France
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. ~ Frédéric Chopin
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * My social and political interests are part of my career. I cannot separate them. My songs reflect the human condition. The role of art isn't just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be. ~ Harry Belafonte
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012
 * We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found. ~ Tzvetan Todorov
 * proposed by bystander


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2015
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Fys, selected by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Fys, selected by Kalki


 * 2020


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


 * 2021


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard to the current invasion of Ukraine.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul. ~ Diary entry by Bobby Sands, 1 March 1981.
 * 4. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 10:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 20:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 03:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full. ~ Lucius Cornelius Sulla (sacking of Athens occurred on this date)
 * 2 Kalki 20:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 because revenge is sweet and loyalty is that much sweeter. Zarbon 03:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 0 JessRek6 (talk) 22:20, 29 February 2020 (UTC) Nominations from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).

Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte (returned to France from Elba on this date)
 * 3 Kalki 20:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 03:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 0 JessRek6 (talk) 22:20, 29 February 2020 (UTC) Nominations from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).

A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
 * 3 Kalki 20:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 03:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 (leaning toward 2) allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 0 JessRek6 (talk) 22:20, 29 February 2020 (UTC) Nominations from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).

Your hands hold roses always in a way that says They are not only yours; the beautiful changes In such kind ways, Wishing ever to sunder Things and things' selves for a second finding, to lose For a moment all that it touches back to wonder. ~ Richard Wilbur ~
 * 3 Kalki 20:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 03:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 (leaning toward 2) allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 0 JessRek6 (talk) 17:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Quotes from the same source Wilbur used previously on this date (2006, 2008, 2017); nominations from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).

The relation between the artist and reality is an oblique one, and indeed there is no good art which is not consciously oblique. If you respect the reality of the world, you know that you can approach that reality only by indirect means. ~ Richard Wilbur
 * 3 Kalki 20:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 03:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 0 JessRek6 (talk) 17:14, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Quotes from the same source Wilbur used previously on this date (2006, 2008, 2017); nominations from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).

I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them. ~ Frédéric Chopin
 * 3 and leaning toward a 4. Zarbon 15:49, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

Her mouth is a honey-blossom, No doubt, as the poet sings; But within her lips, the petals, Lurks a cruel bee that stings. ~ William Dean Howells
 * 3 Zarbon 15:49, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence. ~ William Dean Howells
 * 4 Zarbon 15:49, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 (leaning toward 3) allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I am an invisible man… I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. ~ Ralph Ellison
 * 3 Zarbon 15:49, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:08, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 (leaning toward 3) allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do? ~ Ralph Ellison
 * 3 Zarbon 15:49, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:12, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 (leaning toward 3) allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I'm not interested in truths, like drawing an accurate picture of the real world. I'm interested in exploring the verities of the human condition. ~ Jim Crace
 * 2 Zarbon 16:32, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:29, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 (leaning toward 1) allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

It is perhaps as difficult to write a good life as to live one. ~ Lytton Strachey
 * 3 Zarbon 16:32, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:29, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I AM A REALIST. I AM A CONSERVATIVE realist. I cling to logic, morality, and history, and I apply them consistently. I find no reason not to apply them; after all, if something is true, then is it not wise to give it proper credence? It is not only proper, but it is also in our best interest. To know the truth leads to a more potent and effective solution. Often falsities plague society with the equally false premise that they give us effective solutions, but in all actuality they hurt society. ~ Jonathan Krohn Defining Conservatism (born 01 Mar 1995)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:08, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)

I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. ~ Ralph Ellison (born 01 Mar 1913)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:08, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

See how today's achievement is only tomorrow's confusion; See how possession always cheapens the thing that was precious. ~ William Dean Howells (born 01 Mar 1837)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 18:08, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

[Note: Harry Browne died on 1 March 2006. 1 March 2016 will mark the tenth anniversary of his death. Source of quote.]
 * 4 if used in 2016, 3 (strongly leaning toward 4) if used before or after 2016. allixpeeke (talk) 21:02, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:18, 29 February 2016 (UTC), with a lean toward 3; I simply prefer the Ferenc Dávid quote as a stronger one for this year, but will consider this a strong contender for next year.


 * 0 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 15:06, 5 March 2020 (UTC) this appears to have been an improperly cited misattribution — it has not been reliably sourced, and it appears unlikely to become so. 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 22:38, 28 February 2019 (UTC) with a lean toward 4; but with some reservations — not able to precisely locate the original source of this, as yet.
 * 0 JessRek6 (talk) 16:37, 28 February 2020 (UTC) Unsourced; quotes from the same source Todorov used previously on this date (2007, 2012, 2019); nominations from the same editor used previously on this date (2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017).


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 19:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 19:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 19:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)