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Thought For the Day: Monsters Are Real, and Ghosts Are Real Too. They Live Inside Us, and Sometimes, They Win
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” -Stephen King, novelist (b. 21 Sep 1947)
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of Parents To Maintain Their Children Decently; and According To Their Circumstances
“It is the duty of parents to maintain their children decently, and according to their circumstances; to protect them according to the dictates of prudence; and to educate them according to the suggestions of a judicious and zealous regard for … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Circumstances, Duty of Parents, Educate, First Principles, Happiness, James Wilson, Maintain, Protect, Prudence, Respectability, Usefulness
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Together We Praise
Together We Praiseby Michael DoyleWe look together toward the futureThinking on those things to nurtureLike spending time in full devotionWe live lives deeper than the oceanWalking together as our tribe of lifeWalking together toward peace, away from strifeHand in gentled … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Confide, Creation, Days, Devotion, Embracing, Facing, Faith, Future, Glory, Goodness and Love, Heaven, Jesus, Nurture, Ocean, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Salvation, Shine, Side By Side, Song, Steps, Strife, Together, Tribe of Life, Walking Together
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First Principles: History By Apprising Citizens of the Past Will Enable Them To Judge of the Future; It Will Avail Them of the Experience of Other Times and Other Nations
“History by apprising [citizens] of the past will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of … Continue reading
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Tagged Actions and Designs, Ambition, Apprise, Citizens, Disguise, Experience, First Principles, Future, History, Judge, Other Nations, Other Tiimes, Past, Thomas Jefferson, Views
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Thought For the Day: Wrongs Are Often Forgiven, But Contempt Never Is. Our Pride Remembers It Forever
“Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.” -Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (22 Sep 1694-1773)
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Tagged Contempt, Forever, Forgiven, Lord Chesterfield, Never, Pride, Remember, Thought For the Day, Wrongs
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Let Justice Be Done
Let Justice Be Doneby Michael DoyleLet justice be done though the heavens fallIs a worthy maxim that we all seem to recallJustice must be done regardless of consequenceIt’s a powerful construct said with confidenceBut let it be remembered that Piso’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquinas, Assurance, Atlas, Balance, Chains of Slavery, Confidence, Consequence, Crack, Earthly Beauty, Extraordinary, Fall, Falling World, Fatal Flaws, Flags, Fold and Break, Frame of Nature, Frugality, Great Mistake, Harsh Penalty, Heavens Fall, Humanity, Ideal, Let Justice Be Done, Lost, Maxim, Misguided Confusion, Moral Wrong, Necessity, Obedience, Perfect Ideals, Piso's Justice, Poetry and Poems, Powerful Construct, Prey, Real, Remember, Sacrifices, Shrugged, Skies, Solid Reminder, Stand Secure, Strong, Succumb, Tendered With Mercy, True Law, Undeserved, Weak, Worst Illusion, Wrong Minded Notions
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Thought For the Day: We Want A Society In Which We Are Free To Make Choices, To Make Mistakes, To Be Generous and Compassionate. That Is What We Mean By A Moral Society
“We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society — not a society in which the State is responsible for … Continue reading
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Tagged Choices, Compassionate, Free, Generous, Margaret Thatcher, Mistakes, Moral Society, No One, Responsibile, Society, State, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Ordaining of Laws In Favor of One Part of the Nation, To the Prejudice and Oppression of Another, Is Certainly the Most Erroneous and Mistaken Policy
“The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part … Continue reading
Every Day With You
Every Day With Youby Michael DoyleIn every way, people try to push apartIn all the ways that break our heartsIt’s one in a million who stay the courseInstead of changing out that tired horseToo many dreams they just fall apartIn … Continue reading
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Tagged Actions, Break Our Hearts, Change, Clarity, Days, Desperate Souls, Drag, Dream, Dreams, Ever True, Every Day, Every Way, Fall Apart, Gone Wrong, Hazy, Hear, Holding Your Hand, Horse, I Want To LIve, I Will Always Give, Jester's Crown, Keep Me Sane, Late Into the Night, Love, Never Depart, One In A Million, Poetry and Poems, Push Apart, Say, See, See Your Soul, Stay, Stay the Course, Talk, Things That You Do, Touch Your Heart, Towards That End, Upside Down, World Gone Crazy, You, You and I, You're My One Hundred, You're the One
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Thought For the Day: Mistakes Are Part of the Dues That One Pays For A Full Life
“Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life.” – Sophia Loren, actor and singer (b. 20 Sep 1934)
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Tagged Dues, Full, Life, Mistakes, Part, Pays, Sophia Loren, Thought For the Day
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