Words of Wisdom

Elbert Hubbard, American writer who with his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May 7, 1915

Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in...

Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet....

Oprah Winfrey, best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is...

Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an...

James F. Clarke, American theologian and author

James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. He was one of the very...

J.K. Rowling, British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series

Joanne “Jo” Rowling (born July 31, 1965), is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of...

Iroquois Confederacy maxim

The Iroquois are a historically powerful northeast Native American confederacy. They were known during the colonial years to the French as...

Mulla Nasrudin

Nasreddin or Nasreddin Hodja was a Seljuq satirical Sufi, born in Hortu Village in Sivrihisar, Eskişehir Province, present-day Turkey and...

Hannibal Barca, Carthaginian general, is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history

Hannibal Barca (Punic language: 𐤒𐤓𐤁 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤍𐤇, Q-R-B L-A’A-B-N-H; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC), was a Carthaginian general, considered...

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United...

Elizabeth Gaskell, author, “Mary Barton” and “The Life of Charlotte Brontë”

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (September 29, 1810 – November 12, 1865), often referred to as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and...

Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and tax resister

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister,...

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