# June 11

Quotes of the day from previous years:

## 2004

    Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way. ~ Ronald Reagan (recent death)
   * selected by Kalki

## 2005

    The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads. ~ William Styron (born 11 June 1925)
   * selected by Kalki

## 2006

    In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. ~ Ben Jonson (born 11 June 1572)
   * proposed by InvisibleSun

## 2007

    The world is wide; no two days are alike, nor even two hours; neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of the world; and the genuine productions of art, like those of nature, are all distinct from one another. ~ John Constable
   * proposed by InvisibleSun

## 2008

    Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. ~ Ben Jonson (born 11 June 1572)
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2009

    There is nothing ugly; I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may, — light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. ~ John Constable
   * proposed by InvisibleSun

## 2010

    Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. ~ Ben Jonson ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2011

    It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul. So the decision-making of daily life involves not, as in normal affairs, shifting from one annoying situation to another less annoying — or from discomfort to relative comfort, or from boredom to activity — but moving from pain to pain. One does not abandon, even briefly, one's bed of nails, but is attached to it wherever one goes. ~ William Styron
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2012

* We see nothing truly till we understand it.
* ~ John Constable ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2013

* The great vice of the present day is bravura, an attempt to do something beyond the truth. In endeavouring to do something better than well, they do what in reality is good for nothing. Fashion always had, & will have, its day — but truth (in all things) only will last, and can only have just claims on posterity
* ~ John Constable ~
   * proposed by InvisibleSun

## 2014

* Surely mankind has yet to be born. Surely this is true! For only something blind and uncomprehending could exist in such a mean conjunction with its own flesh, its own kind. How else account for such faltering, clumsy, hateful cruelty? Even the possums and the skunks know better!
* ~ William Styron ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2015

* True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice.
* ~ Ben Jonson ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2016

* They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.
* ~ Ben Jonson ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2017

* Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.
* ~ Ben Jonson ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2018

* Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in the way it becomes known to the self — to the mediating intellect — as to verge close to being beyond description. It thus remains nearly incomprehensible to those who have not experienced it in its extreme mode, although the gloom, “the blues” which people go through occasionally and associate with the general hassle of everyday existence are of such prevalence that they do give many individuals a hint of the illness in its catastrophic form.
* ~ William Styron ~
   * proposed by bystander

## 2019

* He is a narrow-minded man, that affects a triumph in any glorious study; but to triumph in a lie, and a lie themselves have forged, is frontless. Folly often goes beyond her bounds; but Impudence knows none.
* ~ Ben Jonson ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2020

* Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
* ~ Ben Jonson ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2021

* This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. … We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated.
* ~ John F. Kennedy ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2022

* Those who invaded our Capitol and battled law enforcement for hours were motivated by what President Trump had told them — that the election was stolen, and that he was the rightful President. President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. You will also hear about plots to commit seditious conspiracy on January 6th, a crime defined in our laws as conspiring to overthrow, put down, or destroy by force the government of the United States, or to oppose by force the authority thereof. … On the morning of January 6th, President Donald Trump's intention was to remain President of the United States, despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election, and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power. Over multiple months, Donald Trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. In our hearings, you will see evidence of each element of this plan.
* ~ Liz Cheney ~
   * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks on notable historical events.

## 2023

* There's reason good, that you good laws should make: Men's manners ne'er were viler, for your sake.
* ~ Ben Jonson ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2024

* Art hath an enemy call'd ignorance.
* ~ Ben Jonson ~
   * proposed by Kalki

## 2025

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## Suggestions

Robes loosely flowing, hair as free, Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. ~ Ben Jonson ~ (born June 11, 1572)
* 3 Kalki 21:47, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
* 3 InvisibleSun 06:18, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
* 1 Zarbon 13:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
No one will ever understand Auschwitz. ~ William Styron
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 10:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
This was not judgement day — only morning. Morning: excellent and fair. ~ William Styron
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 10:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all Scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! ~ Ben Jonson ~
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 10:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
The Devil is an Ass, I do acknowledge it. ~ Ben Jonson
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 10:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
A good life is a main argument. ~ Ben Jonson
* 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 10:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.