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Thought For the Day: One Does Not Advance the Swimming Abilities of Ducks By Throwing the Eggs In the Water
“One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water.” – Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (2 Mar 1820-1887)
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Thought For the Day: It Is Not So Much Our Friends’ Help That Helps Us As the Confident Knowledge They Will Help Us
“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.” -Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE)
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First Principles: The Cause of America Is In A Great Measure the Cause of All Mankind
“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)
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First Principles: The Same Prudence Which In Private Life Would Forbid Our Paying Our Own Money For Unexplained Projects, Forbids It In the Dispensation of Public Moneys
“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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Tagged Dispensation, First Principles, Forbid, Money, Private Life, Prudence, Public Moneys, Thomas Jefferson, Unexplained Projects
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Thought For the Day: The Souls of Emperors and Cobblers Are Cast In the Same Mold. The Same Reason That Makes Us Wrangle With A Neighbor Creates A War Between Princes
“The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes.” – Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592)
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Thought For the Day: Talk Not of Wasted Affection, Affection Never Was Wasted
“Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Tagged Enrich, Fountain, Heart, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Rain, Refresh, Springs, Talk, Thought For the Day, Wasted Affection, Waters
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First Principles: Natural Rights Are the Objects For the Protection of Which Society Is Formed and Municipal Laws Established
“Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.” – Thomas Jefferson (1791)
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Tagged Establish, First Principles, Form, Municipal Laws, Natural Rights, Objects, Protection, Society, Thomas Jefferson
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The Get To of the Got To
The Get To of the Got Toby Michael DoyleHeroes of faith that give what they canThat’s every woman and then every manDaring to give what they are givenThese cheerful hearts are those forgivenWorking the work of giving in lightLiving open … Continue reading
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Tagged Appreciation, Believers, Cheerful Hearts, Child, Confusion, Dreams of Hope, Encouragement, Engagement, Eye Contact, Get To, Got To, Health, Heroes of Faith, Illusioin, Joy, Light, Live Right, Mercy, Poetry and Poems, Recognition, Smile, Truth, Wealth
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First Principles: Therefore Encourage One Another and Build One Another Up, Just As You Are Doing
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:11
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