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First Principles: States, Like Individuals, Who Observe Their Engagements, Are Respected and Trusted: While the Reverse Is the Fate of Those Who Pursue Opposite Conduct
“States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct.” – Alexander Hamilton (1790)
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Engagements, Fate, First Principles, Individuals, Opposite Conduct, Respect, Reverse, States, Trust
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The Pleasures of the Kill
The Pleasures of the Killby Michael DoyleTo be a vampire is to live a very long time.You can spend this time in venal pleasure or sublime.But either way, it is a counting of thousands of days,And this time is best … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Breath, Days, Death, Eternal Life, Hunt, Jealously, Kill, Poetry and Poems, Sin, The Devil, Time, Vampire, Word
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First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People To Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail.
“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Country, First Principles, Ignorance and Vice, Knowledge, nterest, Prevail, Samuel Adams, The People, Tyrants, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: Without Courage, We Cannot Practice Any Other Virtue With Consistency. We Can’t Be Kind, True, Merciful, Generous, Or Honest
“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou
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Tagged Born, Consistency, Courage, Generous, Honest, Kind, Maya Angelou, Merciful, Potential, Thought For the Day, True, Vritue
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As the Devil’s Own
As the Devil’s Ownby Michael DoyleOne man views evil with a quiet bemusement.Another sees it as a form of amusement.Neither looks beyond pleasure for purpose.It is not for them to want to be of service.Vampires feed to live and not … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Amusement, Beast, Bemusement, Bloodlust, Devil's Own, Echo, Evil, Extinct, Feast, Hunt, Instinct, Pleasure, Poetry and Poems, Purpose, Reasons, Season, Service, Vampire
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First Principles: If…There Be Any Kindness I Can Show, Or Any Good Thing I Can Do To Any Fellow Being, Let Me Do It Now…I Shall Not Pass This Way Again
“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Any Kindness, Fellow BEiing, First Principles, Good Thing, Life, Now, Once, Pass, Show, William Penn
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Thought For the Day: We Never Feel Christ To Be A Reality, Until We Feel Him To Be A Necessity
“We never feel Christ to be a reality, until we feel Him to be a necessity.” – Austin Phelps
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Tagged Austin Phelps, Christ, Feel, Necessity, Realiity, Thought For the Day
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In God’s Liberty and Love
In God’s Liberty and Loveby Michael DoyleWatching after the Lord of all,His ways I model and always recall.Lesson after lesson, I will learn,In all things that I must discern.Grace and peace pave the way,In all that I do, and all … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Core, Deism, Discern, Faith, Generation, God, Grace and Peace, Guardrails, Hello, Jesus, Learn, Leson, Liberty, Lord, Love, Model, Paul, Poetry and Poems, Present, Radical Alteraton, Reason, Recall, Spiritual Pessimiism, Stumbling Blocks, The Gospel
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Thought For the Day: People Demand Freedom of Speech As A Compensation For the Freedom of Thought Which They Seldom Use
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” – Soren Kierkegaard
First Principles: Accept the One Whose Faith Is Weak, Without Quarreling Over Disputable Matters
“Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters.” – Romans 14:1 NIV
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Tagged Accepance, Disputable Matters, Faith, First Priinciples, Quarrel, Romans 14:1 NIV, Weakness
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 