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Thought For the Day: There Is Not Less Wit Nor Less Invention In Applying Rightly A Thought One Finds In A Book, Than In Being the First Author of That Thought
“There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.” -Pierre Bayle, philosopher and writer (1647-1706)
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Tagged Apply Rightly, Book, First Author, Nor Less Invention, Not Less Wit, Pierre Bayle, Thought, Thought For the Day, Virgil
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First Principles: Justice Is the End of Government. It Is the End of Civil Society.
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit.” – James Madison
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Tagged Civil Society, End of Government, First Principles, James Madison, Justice, Liberty, Lost, Obtain, Pursue, Pursuit
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Thought For the Day: It Hurts My Soul To Hear the Terrible Names That People Call Donald. The Worst One Is ‘Racist’.
“It hurts my soul to hear the terrible names that people call Donald. The worst one is ‘racist.’ I take it as a personal insult that people would think I would have a 37-year friendship with a racist. People who … Continue reading
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Tagged Deep South, Donald Trump, Friendship, Growing Up, Hershel Walker, Hurt, People, Personal Insult, Racist, Soul, Terrible Names, Thought For the Day, Up Close
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Six String Guillotine
Six String Guillotineby Michael DoyleIt was a six stringGuillotineSummer sceneKind of a dreamRolling through the nightThe pompadourWho held the doorThat no one could ignoreSet the flames licking the TroubadorAnd said it would be alrightStruck by the thunderBeing pulled underBy a … Continue reading
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Tagged Air, Alright, Door, Dream, Everywhere, Fists, Flames, Guillotine, Ignore, Loud, Music, Night, People, Poetry and Poems, Pompadour, Proud, Pulled Under, Rocking, Rolling, Six String, Solid Wall, Sound, Stare, Struck, Summer, The Troubador, Thunder
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First Principles: Our Obligations To Our Country Never Cease But With Our Lives
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.” – John Adams (1808)
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Tagged Cease, Country, First Principles, John Adams, Lives, Obligations, Our
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Thought For the Day: A Certain Amount of Opposition Is A Great Help To A Man. Kites Rise Against, Not With, the Wind
“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” – John Neal, author and critic (25 Aug 1793-1876)
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Tagged Against, Certain Amount, Great Help, John Neal, Kites, Mankind, Not With, Opposition, Rise, Thought For the Day, Wind
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If I Have More to Live
If I Have More to Liveby Michael Doyle If I have more to liveI would live it with youIf I have more love to giveMy love, I would love you If I get to live any moreI want to live … Continue reading
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Tagged All of the years, Any More, Being, Day, Day Complete, Days, Dream, Friends, Half Smile, Hidden Tears, I Would Love You, Learning, Life, Live It With You, Living, Lovers, Might, Miss, More, More Love To Give, More To Live, My Arms, My Love, Never End, One More Kiss, Poetry and Poems, Real, See, See me, Seem, Share, Thank you, You, Your Smile, Your Ways
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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience and Venality, Suffocates the Germ of Virtue, and Prepare Fit Tools For the Designs of Ambition
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” –Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, Query 19, 1781
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Tagged Ambition, Dependence, Designs, First Principles, Fit Tools, Germ of Virtue, Notes On Virginia, Prepare, Subservience, Suffocate, Thomas Jeferrson, Venality
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Thought For the Day: A Lie Stands On One Leg, A Truth On Two
“A lie stands on one leg, a truth on two.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735)
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Lie, One Leg, Stand, Thought For the Day, Truth, Two
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