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Thought For the Day: It Is Fortunate To Be of High Birth, But It Is No Less To Be of Such Character That People Do Not Care To Know Whether You Are Or Are Not
“It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.” – Jean de la Bruyere, essayist and moralist … Continue reading
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Tagged Are Or Are Not, Care, Character, Fortunate, High Birth, Jean de la Bruyere, No Less, Thought For the Day, Whether
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If It Wasn’t For Courage
If It Wasn’t For Courageby Michael DoyleOn the other side lies paradiseThe captain offers his best adviceAs his pirate crew readies for the fightWho knows how many will live until the morning lightReady the muskets and say your last prayerAs … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Battle, Captain, Courage, Destiny, Eternity, Fight, Flight, Grave Insult, Ground, Hangman's Noose, Heart, Journey, Judgment Day, Last Prayer, Live, Morning Light, Muskets, Other Side, Paradise, Pirate Crew, Poetry and Poems, Power, Primal Urge, Result, Stare, Start, Steps, Struggle, Survival, Timing, Trial
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First Principles: I Beg To Know Upon What Principle It Can Be Contended That Any One Department Draws From the Constitution Greater Powers
“I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know upon what principle it can be contended that any one department draws from the Constitution … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Beginnings and Endings of All Human Undertakings Are Untidy
“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.” – John Galsworthy, author, Nobel laureate (14 Aug 1867-1933)
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Tagged Beginnings, Endings, Human Underakings, John Galsworthy, Thought For the Day, Untidy
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First Principles: A Republic, By Which I Mean A Government In Which the Scheme of Representation Takes Place,…Promises the Cure…We Are Seeking
“A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking.” – James Madison (1790)
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Tagged Cure, First Principles, Government, James Madison, Prospect, Republic, Scheme of Representation, Seek
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Thought For the Day: Without Deep Reflection, One Knows From Daily Life That One Exists For Other People
“Without deep reflection, one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.” – Albert Einstein
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Daily Life, Exist, Know, Other People, Reflection, Thought For the Day, Without
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In A Pirate’s Night
In A Pirate’s Nightby Michael DoyleBehind walls, guns, and menWe knew our protectionAs a conspiracy of pirates knows sinIn a violent world lived with instigationGood souls should not live on this beachUnder these kinds of circumstancesImperiled as Bermuda falls to … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach, Bermuda, Blind Eye, Breach, Chance, Circumstance, Conspiracy, Danger, Dice, Fire, Good Soul, Guns, Hesitation, Instigation, Kill, Men, Night, Pirate, Poetry and Poems, Protection, Question, Right, Rumor, Shadow, Sin, Strangers, Violent World, Walls, Wrongs
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Thought For the Day: If You Love Life, Don’t Waste Time, For Time Is What Life Is Made Up Of
“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.’”– Bruce Lee
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Tagged Bruce Lee, Lifee, Love, Thought For the Day, Time, Waste
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First Principles: We Should Never Despair, Our Situation Before Has Been Unpromising and Has Changed For the Better, So I Trust, It Will Again
“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Better, Change, Despair, Difficulties, Effort, Exertions, Exigency, First Principles, George Washington, Proportion, Situation, Times, Trust, Unpromising
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