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Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashes
Reflections On Dorian Gray VI: Tethered Leashesby Michael DoyleA slit-throat bloodied scarf knows its sacrilegeAs Dorian’s portrait holds his stains like privilegeHiding what’s done in the waters by the river bankIt offers little good to say about position and rankUntil … Continue reading
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Tagged Burn, Cerberus, Darkness, Death, Dorian Gray, Eternity, Existence, Grave, Illumination, Lost Children, Poetry and Poems, Portrait, Prayers, Rank, Reflections, Revelry, River, Scarf, Scarilege, Soul, Tale, Tethered Leashes, Warn
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First Principles: No Pecuniary Consideration Is More Urgent, Than the Regular Redemption and Discharge of the Public Debt; On None Can Delay Be More Injurious
“No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable.” – George Washington, Message to the House of Representatives, 1793
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Tagged Consideration, Delay, Discharge, First Principles, George Washington, Injury, Public Debt, Regular Redemption, Urgent
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Thought For the Day: There Can Be No Compromise On Basic Principles
“There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
Building Up One Another
Building Up One Anotherby Michael DoyleWe must always build up one anotherRecalling that each is either sister or brotherThose things we don’t understand comes down to fearBut holding each other up is to persevere Our own fears and doubts held … Continue reading
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Tagged Abrasive, Brother, Build, Darkness, Doubts, Each Other Up, Embrace, Fear, Fears, Gentle, God, Grace, Harshness, Holding, Humble, Humility, Light, Limits, Love, Mistake, One Another, Our, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Recall, Saved, Say, Sister, Truth, Understand, We, Wrap, Wrong
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First Principles: The Vine That Has Grown Old On An Old Tree Falls With the Ruin of That Tree and Through That Bad Companionship Must Perish With It
“The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree and through that bad companionship must perish with it.” – Leonardo da Vinci, painter, engineer, musician, and scientist (1452-1519)
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Tagged Bad Companionship, First Principles, Grown, Leonardo da Vinci, Old, Perish, Ruin, Tree, Vine
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Thought For the Day: Your Eyes Saw My Substance, Being Yet Unformed. And In Your Book They All Are Written, the Days Fashioned For Me
“Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.” – Psalm 139:16
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Tagged Days, None, Psalm 139:16, Substance, Thought For the Day, Unformed, Written, Your Eyes
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First Principles: Nothing Is More Essential To the Establishment of Manners In State Than All Persons Employed In Places of Power and Trust Must Be Men of Unexceptional Characters
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” – Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, 1775
Blind Spots
Blind Spotsby Michael Doyle”What’s my fault” is the starting pointIt is the starting point within meIs it self-centeredness that speaks to pointThat my hurt feelings are more about meIt is the me stuff that raises the defensesAll the selfish desires … Continue reading
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Tagged Address, Defense, Defenses, Disagreement, Distress, Growing Up, Hurting Feelings, Incompatibility, Inflexibility, Objective Standard, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Pretenses, Self-Centeredness, Selfish Desires, Starting Point, What's My Fault?, Wounded Pride
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