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First Principles: Dependence Begets Subservience and Venality
“Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Tagged Ambition, Dependence, Design, First Principles, Germ, Prepare, Subservience, Suffocate, Thomas Jefferson, Tool, Virtue
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Deception Men Suffer Is From Their Own Opinions
“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.” – Leonardo da Vinci
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Tagged Deception, Great, Leonardo da Vinci, Mankind, Opinions, Own, Suffer, Thought For the Day
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What Is Art?
I was sitting on a swing in a virtual world and thinking on how beautiful the build was that had been designed to evoke and memorialize my dead family members and close friends who had died before their time and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ars, Art, Axiology, Balance, Beauty, Build, Circumstance, Comfort, Concept, Craft, Define, Deny, Determination, Dread, Dream, Effort, Era, Escape, Evidence, Evoke, Expression, Eyes, Fail, Fear, Form, Formal Quality, Hang, Harmony, Heart, Hue, Imiate, Know, Meaning, Memorial, Mimesis, Mind, Organic, Origin, Originality, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Providence, Rendition, Representation, Response, Rhythm, Show, Skill, Soul, Spill, Truth, Ugly, Unity, Value, Views, Virtual, Wall, Way, World
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Thought For the Day: Weak People Seek Revenge; the Strong Forgive; the Intelligent Ignore
“Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent People Ignore.” – Albert Einstein
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Fortive, Ignore, Intelligent, People, Revenge, Strong, Thought For the Day, Weak
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First Principles: It Is the Influence of Christianity That Has Brought Civil Freedom and Social Happiness Which Mankind Enjoys
“To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys…. Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessing, Christianity, Civil Freedom, Fall, First Principles, Flow, Government, Happiness, Influence, Jedidiah Morse, Kind, Mankind, Overthrown, Pillars, Republican
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Hurts To Be Human
Another lousy day misspent… but hey.. a poem.. Hurts To Be Human by Michael Romani It hurts to be human It’s human to feel hurt Capturing this in the moment Filled with grief and torment The annals of our history … Continue reading
First Principles: The Harder the Conflict, the More Glorious the Triumph
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
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Tagged Conflict, First Principles, Glorious Triumph, Hard, Thomas Paine
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Thought For the Day: The Critical Thing To Life Is Whether You Take Things For Granted or With Gratitude
“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Tagged Critical, Gilber K Chesterton, Granted, Gratitude, Life, Thought For the Day
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