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Thought For the Day: A Certain Amount of Opposition Is A Great Help To A Man. Kites Rise Against, Not With, the Wind
“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” – John Neal, author and critic (25 Aug 1793-1876)
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If I Have More to Live
If I Have More to Liveby Michael Doyle If I have more to liveI would live it with youIf I have more love to giveMy love, I would love you If I get to live any moreI want to live … Continue reading
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Tagged All of the years, Any More, Being, Day, Day Complete, Days, Dream, Friends, Half Smile, Hidden Tears, I Would Love You, Learning, Life, Live It With You, Living, Lovers, Might, Miss, More, More Love To Give, More To Live, My Arms, My Love, Never End, One More Kiss, Poetry and Poems, Real, See, See me, Seem, Share, Thank you, You, Your Smile, Your Ways
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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience and Venality, Suffocates the Germ of Virtue, and Prepare Fit Tools For the Designs of Ambition
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” –Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, Query 19, 1781
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Thought For the Day: A Lie Stands On One Leg, A Truth On Two
“A lie stands on one leg, a truth on two.” – Benjamin Franklin (1735)
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Thought For the Day: The Fruit of the Spirit Is Love, Joy, Peace, Forbearance, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control. Against Such Things There Is No Law
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23
First Principles: We Have Therefore To Resolve To Conquer Or Die
“We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our own Country’s Honor, all call upon us for vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world.” – George Washington
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Thought For the Day: The Television, That Insidious Beast…Which Freezes A Billion People To Stone Every Night…That Siren Which Called And Sang and Promised So Much and Gave…So Little
“The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little.” – Ray Bradbury, science-fiction writer (22 … Continue reading
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Struck On A Bridge To Nowhere
Struck On A Bridge To Nowhereby Michael DoyleI’m struck on a bridge to nowhereLooking for a bit of faithfulnessI’m stranded in an unfaithful worldChasing around the circles and nobody caresSuddenly seeing with sight for awarenessFeeling so completely fetaled and curledI’ve … Continue reading
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First Principles: To Judge From the History of Mankind, We Shall Be Compelled To Conclude That the Fiery and Destructive Passions of War Reign In the Human Breast
“To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude that the fiery and destructive passions of war reign in the human breast with much more powerful sway than the mild and beneficent sentiments of peace.”– Alexander … Continue reading
