Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 27

Easy Quotefall by Elizabeth Ann Seton

Elizabeth Ann Seton was a philanthropist who helped with the formation of the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children, NYC's first private charity organization.

Hard Quotefall by James A. Garfield

James A. Garfield was the twentieth President of the United States. He had also served as a major general in the United States Army and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Both puzzles expire on May 3

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 26

Easy Quotefall by South African Proverb

South African proverbs are the direct reflections of wisdom, morals, and customs of South Africans.

Hard Quotefall by Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely considered to have been one of the greatest physicists of all time. His contributions include the general theory of relativity, as well as social activism against war.

Both puzzles expire on May 2

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 25

Easy Quotefall by Rene Dubos

Rene Dubos was an environmentalist, humanist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who exemplified qualities of the modern Renaissance person. He is credited as an author of the maxim "Think globally, act locally."

Hard Quotefall by Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was a comedy actor, director and musician. He is considered to be one of the finest mimes and clowns caught on film and is considered to be the first major film star in history.

Both puzzles expire on May 1

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 24

Easy Quotefall by George V. Higgins

George V. Higgins was a United States author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, and college professor. He is best known for his bestselling crime novels noted for his realistic dialogue.

Hard Quotefall by Josh Billings

Josh Billings was the second most famous humor writer and lecturer in the United States in the 2nd half of the 19th century after Mark Twain. His books include "Josh Billings' Sayings," "Everybody's Friend," and "Josh Billings' Trump Kards."

Both puzzles expire on Apr 30

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Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 23

Easy Quotefall by Alan W. Watts

Alan W. Watts was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy.

Hard Quotefall by François Rabelais

François Rabelais was a major French Renaissance writer. As a doctor, he used his spare time to write and publish humorous pamphlets which were critical of established authority and stressed his own perception of individual liberty.

Both puzzles expire on Apr 29

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 22

Easy 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."

Hard 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.

Both puzzles expire on Apr 28

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 21

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 Apr 27

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Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 20

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 Apr 26

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 19

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 Apr 25

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 18

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 Apr 24

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 17

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 Apr 23

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Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 16

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 Apr 22

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 15

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 the ten books of "The Controversiae," in which he wrote about the main themes for contemporary oratory.

Both puzzles expire on Apr 21

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 14

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 Apr 20

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Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Apr 13

Easy Quotefall by Ursula K. LeGuin

Ursula K. Le Guin is an American author. First published in the 1960s, her works explore Taoist, anarchist, ethnographic, feminist, psychological and sociological themes.

Hard Quotefall by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, theorist, and painter. He was one of the key figures of German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Both puzzles expire on Apr 19

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