April 18, 2024
Solum certum: nihil esse certi.
(Only one thing is certain: that nothing is certain.)
Source:inscription in the library of Michel Montaigne, quoted in How to Live, by Sarah Bakewell
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Source:inscription in the library of Michel Montaigne, quoted in How to Live, by Sarah Bakewell
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The Boston Globe’s editors and I agreed in December 2015 that Reflection for the Day will no longer appear in the newspaper, ending a 32-year run since the feature was launched by visionary Boston Globe editor Thomas Winship. I will continue to publish the Reflections on this website every day, including most Sundays, into 2016 and beyond. To my many regular print readers through the years I extend deep gratitude and warm wishes for the New Year. —Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, Jr.