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Monthly Archives: April 2021
First Principles: Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart, and In Time Depraves All Its Good Disposition
“Falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Tagged Depraves, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Disposition, Heart, In Time, Leads, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue
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Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Freedom of Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All
“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
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Tagged At All, Believe, Despise, Don't Believe, Expression, Freedom, People, Thought For the Day, Virginia Woolf
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Thought For the Day: A Bookstore Is One of the Only Pieces of Evidence We Have That People Are Still Thinking
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.” – Jerry Seinfeld, comedian (b. 29 Apr 1954)
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Tagged Bookstore, Evidence, Jerry Seinfeld, People, Pieces, Still, Thinking, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Every Actual State Is Corrupt. Good Men Must Not Obey Laws Too Well.
“Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
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Tagged Actual State, Corrupt, Every, First Principles, Good Men, Most Not, Obey Laws, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Too Well
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Thought For the Day: I May Not Agree With What You Say, But To the Death I will Defend Your Right To Say It
“I may not agree with what you say, but to the death I will defend your right to say it.” -Voltaire (1694-1778)
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Tagged Defend, May Not Agree, Say, Thought For the Day, To the Death, Voltaire, What You Say, Your Right
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First Principles: Newspapers…Serve As Chimneys To Carry Off Noxious Vapors and Smoke
“Newspapers … serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke.” – Thomas Jefferson (1802)
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Tagged Carry Off, Chimneys, First Principles, Newspapers, Noxious, Smoke, Thomas Jefferson, Vapors
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Na/GloPoWriMo #27: In A Cemetery Obscure
Na/GloPoWriMo #27: In A Cemetery Obscureby Michael DoyleToday’s walkFilled with historyFootsteps fallenIn the silent cemeteryMelancholy and forlornThis modern world Needs some of the ringlornTo realize, everyday is a questHarmless decision pointsLead to the agnosthesiaWords spoken and unspokenHold their forms of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, Absolution, Agnosthesia, Amnesia, Baby, Calls, Cemetery, Cure, Decision Points, Dormant, Everyday, Fall, Footsteps, Forlorn, Forms, Ghost, Harmless, History, Lead, Lilo, Melancholy, Modern World, Na/GloPoWriMo, No Tomorrow, Obscure, Poetry and Poems, Quest, Ringlorn, Silent, Silo, Some, Sorrow, Tears, Today, Tombstone, Vision, Walk, Words
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