March 7

March 7 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * May Heaven exist, even if my place is Hell. ~ Jorge Luis Borges
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye, but as a system disposed with order and design. ~ John Herschel (born 7 March 1792)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind; And worse, against ourselves. We have a passion — make a law, Too false to guide us or control! And for the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul. And, puzzled, blinded thus, we lose Distinctions that are plain and few: These find I graven on my heart: That tells me what to do. ~ William Wordsworth in "Rob Roy's Grave" ~ (Rob Roy born 7 March 1671)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be, and similarly everything that depends on art or any rational cause, and especially if it depends on the best of all causes. To entrust to chance what is greatest and most noble would be a very defective arrangement. ~ Aristotle
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game. ~ Gary Gygax (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. ~ Thomas Aquinas
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of reason is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs. ~ Aristotle
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. ~ Aristotle
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012
 * Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. ~ Aristotle
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2013


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2014


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2015


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki, to commemorate her recent death.


 * 2017


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2018


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2019


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2020


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions

 * DOB: Thomas Aquinas · Amanda Gorman · John Herschel · Robert Roy MacGregor · Alessandro Manzoni

Note: Aristotle still has many suggestions here, because previously this date was given as that of his death on Wikipedia; this is no longer accepted, but as no other date seems likely to be provided, this continues to be a primary place for suggestions of quotes by him.

To the natural philosopher there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. ~ John Herschel
 * 3 Kalki 15:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 19:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

If ye are seeking Rob Roy, he's ken'd to be better than half a hunder men strong when he's at the fewest. ~ Sir Walter Scott, (Rob Roy's date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 15:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 19:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. ~ Thomas Aquinas (date of death; date of birth unknown)
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. ~ Thomas Aquinas
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The most hopeful people in the world are the young and the drunk. The first because they have little experience of failure, and the second because they have succeeded in drowning theirs. ~ Thomas Aquinas
 * 3 and lean toward a 4. Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 bystander (talk) 21:18, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory, Of His Flesh the mystery sing; Of the Blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our immortal King. ~ Thomas Aquinas
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences. ~ Aristotle
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The law is reason unaffected by desire. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 22:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC) Would that laws were so, but this is too ironic for me.
 * 1 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Frankly, I must agree with Ninguable here, at least with most understandings of the word "Law."
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Great quote, but this was already used, on 1 August 2003 ~ Kalki (talk &middot; contributions).

And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 and lean toward a 4. Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 22:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC) There are too many other bases for happiness, activity, and war making.
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

For the purposes of poetry a convincing impossibility is preferable to an unconvincing possibility. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies. ~ Aristotle
 * 4 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

What comes after is not always progress. ~ Alessandro Manzoni
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

It is one of the advantages of this world that people can hate and be hated without knowing each other. ~ Alessandro Manzoni
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 22:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC) Taken literally or ironically, I find this unappealing.
 * 1 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things—and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 bystander (talk) 21:18, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 18:54, 6 March 2015 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 14:01, 2 April 2016 (UTC)