November 24

November 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2004
 * Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them. ~ Washington Irving
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. ~ Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species (published 24 November 1859)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2006
 * Only the brave know how to forgive … A coward never forgave; it is not in his nature. ~ Laurence Sterne (born 24 November 1713)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2007
 * Hatred which is completely vanquished by love passes into love: and love is thereupon greater than if hatred had not preceded it. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation. ~ Laurence Sterne
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Fight the enemy with the weapons he lacks. ~ Alexander Suvorov
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * The ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain, by fear, nor to exact obedience, but contrariwise, to free every man from fear, that he may live in all possible security; in other words, to strengthen his natural right to exist and work without injury to himself or others. No, the object of government is not to change men from rational beings into beasts or puppets, but to enable them to develop their minds and bodies in security, and to employ their reason unshackled; neither showing hatred, anger, or deceit, nor watched with the eyes of jealousy and injustice. In fact, the true aim of government is liberty. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Individual things are nothing but modifications of the attributes of God, or modes by which the attributes of God are expressed in a fixed and definite manner. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki for the US Thanksgiving Day of 2016


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Well I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyse his work: if you see it, darling, then it's there. ~ Freddie Mercury in an interview, died that day
 * 2 UDScott 14:53, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 03:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:00, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, — though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! ~ Laurence Sterne
 * 3 InvisibleSun 03:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

A war is not lost until you consider it lost. ~ Erich von Manstein (born November 24)
 * 3 because victory and loss are but a perspective and a tank commander knows that a war is not lost until it is truly considered lost. Zarbon 04:41, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy. ~ Alexander Suvorov
 * 3 because bravery alone is not enough. Zarbon 06:19, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Hard training - easy combat; easy training - hard combat. ~ Alexander Suvorov
 * 3 because those who train, succeed. Zarbon 06:19, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Win with ability, not with numbers. ~ Alexander Suvorov
 * 3 because quality devours quantity. Zarbon 06:19, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)


 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead. ~ Alexander Suvorov
 * 3 Zarbon 06:19, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

If we had not driven them into hell... hell would have swallowed us. ~ Alexander Suvorov
 * 3 because it is the deciding factor in war, to kill or be killed. Zarbon 06:19, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

One minute decides the outcome of a battle, one hour the success of a campaign, one day the fate of empires. ~ Alexander Suvorov
 * 4 because every minute counts in the heat of battle. Zarbon 15:44, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. ~ Dale Carnegie
 * 2 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ~ Dale Carnegie
 * 2 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use? ~ Dale Carnegie
 * 2 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Education costs money, but then so does ignorance. ~ Claus Moser, Baron Moser
 * 2 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. ~ Arundhati Roy
 * 2 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)


 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

There is only one dream worth having...to live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. ~ Arundhati Roy
 * 2 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Literature is the opposite of a nuclear bomb. ~ Arundhati Roy
 * 2 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)


 * 2 Antiquary 14:49, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:03, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me. ~ Zachary Taylor
 * 2 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I have no private purpose to accomplish, no party objectives to build up, no enemies to punish—nothing to serve but my country. ~ Zachary Taylor
 * 3 Zarbon 23:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:58, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

I believe that, if a triangle could speak, it would say, in like manner, that God is eminently triangular, while a circle would say that the divine nature is eminently circular. Thus each would ascribe to God its own attributes, would assume itself to be like God, and look on everything else as ill-shaped. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

No one rejoices in blessedness, because he has controlled his lusts, but, contrariwise, his power of controlling his lusts arises from this blessedness itself. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

The more reality or being a thing has, the greater the number of its attributes. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

The order and connection of ideas is the same as the order and connection of things. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 21:14, 23 November 2019 (UTC), but with a lean to 2, as I initially chose this in 2019, but then preferred a variant translation of it — retaining this here for possible use in future years. 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki·⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 20:52, 23 November 2019 (UTC) /// 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

A free man thinks of death least of all things; and his wisdom is a meditation not of death but of life. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

All laws which can be broken without any injury to another, are counted but a laughing-stock, and are so far from bridling the desires and lusts of men, that on the contrary they stimulate them. ~ Baruch Spinoza
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 04:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 02:20, 24 November 2022 (UTC); with a lean toward 4.