Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Jan 1

Easy Quotefall by Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He edited and published two magazines, The Philistine and The Fra, which were bound in brown butcher paper and full of satire and whimsy.

Hard Quotefall by Maggie Kuhn

Maggie Kuhn was a lifelong American activist. Forced into retirement by the church, Kuhn started the movement to acknowledge elderly people as "America's biggest untapped and undervalued human energy source."

Both puzzles expire on Jan 7

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Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 31

Easy Quotefall by Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot is a French actress, animal rights activist, and considered the embodiment of the 1950s and 1960s sex kitten.

Hard Quotefall by Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Bowen was an Anglo-Irish novelist and short story writer. Influenced by Marcel Proust and by the techniques of Film, Bowen was considered the most vivid presenter of wartime London than any other writer.

Both puzzles expire on Jan 6

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 30

Easy Quotefall by Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. Commander in Chief of the Union Forces during the American Civil War, Lincoln is judged to be one of the greatest presidents in US history.

Hard Quotefall by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Jose Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher. He led the republican intellectual opposition under the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, and also played a role in the overthrow of King Alfonso XIII in 1931.

Both puzzles expire on Jan 5

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 29

Easy Quotefall by Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson was an American contralto. She is best remembered for her performance on Easter Sunday, 1939, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Hard Quotefall by Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller was an English churchman and historian. A prolific writer, he penned two significant books, "A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine", and his own "Church-History of Britain" in 1655. These books established his place in English theological prominence.

Both puzzles expire on Jan 4

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 28

Easy Quotefall by James A. Michener

James Albert Michener was an American author of more than 40 books whose subjects covered the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporated many historical facts.

Hard Quotefall by Mark Twain

Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. Twain is most noted for his novels "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."

Both puzzles expire on Jan 3

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Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 27

Easy Quotefall by Robert H. Schuller

Robert H. Schuller is an American televangelist, pastor, and author. He is also the founder of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, where the Hour of Power program originates.

Hard Quotefall by Giovani della Casa

Giovani (or Giovanni) della Casa was an Italian poet and statesman who wrote with oratorical style. He is credited as the first person to use the phrase "ragion di Stato", or "reason of state," in his Oration to Carlo V in 1549.

Both puzzles expire on Jan 2

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 26

Easy Quotefall by Alexander Smith

Alexander Smith was a Scottish novelist and poet. He wrote "A Life Drama," "Dreamthorp: Essays Written in the Country," and "A Summer in Skye."

Hard Quotefall by Marcus Annaeus Seneca

Marcus Annaeus Seneca, also known as Seneca the Elder, was a Roman rhetorician and writer in the Roman Empire. His writings include then ten books of "The Controversiae," in which he wrote about the main themes for contemporary oratory.

Both puzzles expire on Jan 1

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 25

Easy Quotefall by Marshall McLuhan

Herbert Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and a communications theorist. He is well-known for coining the expressions "the medium is the message" and the "global village."

Hard Quotefall by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Francois de La Rochefoucauld was a noted French author of maxims and memoirs. Many consider his maxims as the matured result of the reflection of a man deeply versed in the business and pleasures of the world.

Both puzzles expire on Dec 31

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 23

Easy Quotefall by Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson was one of England's greatest literary figures. He was a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer and often considered the finest critic of English literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist whose words are still frequently quoted in print today.

Hard Quotefall by Jean De La Bruyere

Jean de La Bruyere was a 17th Century French essayist and moralist. He wrote about contemporary issues which created, by his words, "many readers and many enemies."

Both puzzles expire on Dec 29

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 23

Easy Quotefall by Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson was one of England's greatest literary figures. He was a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer and often considered the finest critic of English literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist whose words are still frequently quoted in print today.

Hard Quotefall by Jean De La Bruyere

Jean de La Bruyere was a 17th Century French essayist and moralist. He wrote about contemporary issues which created, by his words, "many readers and many enemies."

Both puzzles expire on Dec 29

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 22

Easy Quotefall by Charles W. Chesnutt

Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an author, essayist and political activist, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity.

Hard Quotefall by Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust was a French intellectual, novelist, essayist and critic, best known as the author of "In Search of Lost Time" and the epic series, "Remembrance of Things Past."

Both puzzles expire on Dec 28

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 21

Easy Quotefall by St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas was a philosopher and theologian. He is the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy.

Hard Quotefall by Thomas Robert Malthus

Thomas Robert Malthus was an English demographer and political economist. He is best known for his highly influential views on population growth. His work was an inspiration for economist John Maynard Keynes.

Both puzzles expire on Dec 27

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Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 20

Easy Quotefall by Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters.

Hard Quotefall by Epictetus

Epictetus was an Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher. He focused on ethics and the self-made destiny that man could acuire for himself. He ecouraged his students to learn the true nature of things, including judgement, desire, health, fame, and wealth, and to incorporate each with moderation in their own lives.

Both puzzles expire on Dec 26

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 19

Easy Quotefall by The Holy Bible

The Holy Bible comprises the books known to Christians as the Old Testament (39 books) and the New Testament (27 books). It is the most widely circulated book in the history of the world.

Hard Quotefall by Jean Paul Richter

Jean Pau Richter was a German writer best known for his humorous novels and stories. A versatile writer in the early nineteenth century, Richter expounded his ideas in art and the principles of education.

Both puzzles expire on Dec 25

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 18

Easy Quotefall by Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound was an American expatriate poet, musician, and critic who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in early-to mid- 20th century poetry.

Hard Quotefall by Agnes Repplier

Agnes Repplier was an American essayist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her essays are esteemed for their scholarship and wit. She wrote several essay collections and studies such as "Compromises" and "Varia."

Both puzzles expire on Dec 24

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Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 17

Easy Quotefall by Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He edited and published two magazines, The Philistine and The Fra, which were bound in brown butcher paper and full of satire and whimsy.

Hard Quotefall by Lao-Tzu

According to the legend and the biography included in Sima Qian's work, Lao-Tzu was a contemporary of Confucius, and worked as an archivist in the Imperial Library of the Zhou Dynasty.

Both puzzles expire on Dec 23

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Dec 16

Easy Quotefall by William Ellery Channing

Dr. William Ellery Channing was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century. He was known for his articulate and impassioned sermons and public speeches.

Hard Quotefall by George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was one of Ireland's greatest playwright. He wrote more than sixty plays, and was uniquely honored by being awarded both a Nobel Prize (1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar (1938) for "Pygmalion."

Both puzzles expire on Dec 22

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