Wise Mice Need a Pad too

A Bit of Wisdom, Dashes of History and a Bunch of Easy Math!

Antique Wisdoms have Guided Generations for Centuries
to Encourage, Educate and Entertain.

24 Teams of 8 Helped Make the World Great, and You Can Help Do It Too!

I started collecting public domain quotes to Encourage, Educate or Entertain my grandkids and I grouped them into 8 teams of 8.

I noticed we had some great quotes from all around the world from all walks of life so I decided to also honor specific groups in teams. The first 8 Teams are a Mix of the 3E's (Enc-Edu-Ent), but the 9th team is made up of Women only from around the world, and the 10th team honors those of African heritage. Teams 13 - 20 are all Entertaining or Sarcastic Humor Quotes, and teams 21-24 are a mix from around the world. I have several hundred more quotes to share and may add more to these teams and add geographic teams too.

And Always Remember... Wisdom, Wisdom that's the Test, Which Rival Wisdom Team is Best? You Decide!

*dozens more coming soon!

if you see a quote on a shirt or mask that isn't on a mousepad yet, email me and I'll add it

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Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law. - Voltaire 1694 - 1778 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think - S2T-16.1

Believe you can and you're halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt 1858 - 1919 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. - William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think - S2T-16.3

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. - Benjamin Franklin 1706 - 1790 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can? - Sun Tzu 545 BC - 496 BC - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. - Baltasar Gracian 1601 - 1658 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Good, Better, Best. Never Let it Rest, till your Good is Better and Your Better is Best. - St. Jerome 347 AD - 420 AD - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted. - Fredrich Nietzsche 1844 - 1900 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think - S2T-16.4

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand. - Confucius 551 BC - 479 BC - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. - Moliere 1622 - 1673 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think - S2T-16.5

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible. - Charles Lamb 1775 - 1834 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think - S2T-16.7

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. - Booker T. Washington 1856 - 1915 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. - Victor Hugo 1802 – 1885 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. - Frederick Douglass 1818 - 1895 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

It is never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot 1819 - 1880 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. - Robert G. Ingersoll 1857 - 1899 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Light is the task where many share the toil. - Homer ??? BC - 850 BC - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds. - Daniel D. Palmer 1845 - 1918 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Never cut what you can untie. - Joseph Joubert 1754 - 1824 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

Nobody minds having what is too good for them. - Jane Austen 1775 - 1817 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think - S2T-16.2

S2T-4.6- Every great dream begins with a dreamer. - Harriet Tubman 1822 – 1913 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. - Mark Twain 1835 - 1910 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

To me, old age is always ten years older than I am. - John Burroughs 1837 - 1921 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think - S2T-16.8

Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none. - Edmund Burke 1729 - 1797 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. - Abraham Lincoln 1806 – 1865 - Pretty Witty Mousepads Stop2Think - S2T-16.6