September 15

September 15 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * Our chiefs said 'Done,' and I did not deem it; Our seers said 'Peace,' and it was not peace; Earth will grow worse till men redeem it, And wars more evil, ere all wars cease. ~ "A Song of Defeat" by Gilbert Keith Chesterton ~
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn’t permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him. ~ Carlos Castaneda
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions. ~ Agatha Christie (born 15 September 1890)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * We hardly find any persons of good sense, save those who agree with us. ~ François de La Rochefoucauld (born 15 September 1613)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side. ~ François de La Rochefoucauld (born 15 September 1613)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others. ~ François de La Rochefoucauld
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it. ~ Agatha Christie
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances. ~ Agatha Christie (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them. ~ Agatha Christie
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2013


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2021


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2022


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend. ~ Agatha Christie's "Hercule Poirot"
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 19:42, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2. We did her last year. David | Talk 09:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 14:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:56, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

It is absurd — improbable — it cannot be. So I myself have said. And yet, my friend, there it is! One cannot escape from the facts. ~ Agatha Christie (date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 23:49, 14 September 2005 (UTC) with a slight lean toward 4.
 * 2. David | Talk 09:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:56, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Nothing is given so profusely as advice. ~ François de La Rochefoucauld (born 15 September 1613)
 * 3 Kalki 06:17, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 3. (He's wrong, though.) David | Talk 09:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:56, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Some people's faults are becoming to them; others are disgraced by their own good traits. ~ François de La Rochefoucauld
 * 3 InvisibleSun 14:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 03:58, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:56, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

It is so easy and it costs so little labour to write down ten bushels of barley, or a hundred head of cattle, or ten fields of spelt — and the thing that is written will come to seem like the real thing, and so the writer and the scribe will come to despise the man who ploughs the fields and reaps the barley and raises the cattle — but all the same the fields and the cattle are real — they are not just marks of inks on papyrus. And when all the records and all the papyrus rolls are destroyed and the scribes are scattered, the men who toil and reap will go on, and Egypt will still live. ~ Agatha Christie
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

The more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings — not dummies! Be personal — be prejudiced — be catty — be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards! ~ Agatha Christie
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Trust the train Mademoiselle, for it is le bon Dieu who drives it. ~ Agatha Christie
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The difficulty of beginning will be nothing to the difficulty of knowing how to stop. At least that's the way it is with me when I have to make a speech. Someone's got to catch hold of my coat-tails and pull me down by main force. ~ Agatha Christie
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

We know almost all there is to know. Except that what we know seems incredible. Impossible. ~ Agatha Christie
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

I am not keeping back facts. Every fact that I know is in your possession. You can draw your own deductions from them. ~ Agatha Christie
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself. ~ Agatha Christie
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 23:14, 6 September 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.


 * Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * proposed by Nemo


 * 2 because it's a good aphorism; reasons to live are an important them in Pavese. Nemo 14:16, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Equality, in a social sense, may be divided into that of condition and that of rights. Equality of condition is incompatible with civilization, and is found only to exist in those communities that are but slightly removed from the savage state. In practice, it can only mean a common misery. ~ James Fenimore Cooper (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 19:45, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 with a lean toward 4. ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 11:03, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach — it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end. ~ William Howard Taft (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 19:45, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 11:03, 15 September 2012 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 11:35, 9 September 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 11:35, 9 September 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 11:35, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
 * 4 Williamstuart9 15:47, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 06:53, 15 September 2013 (UTC) no clear relation to the date.