Tag Archives: Expose

Losing Light

Posted on April 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Losing Lightby Michael DoyleIn modern life’s twistWhere nothing is missedWe earn by the momentFelt in every tormentExposing our inner soulTo continuously extolThat which wins the moneyFalse tears seem funnyReborn into a hard day’s nightIt’s the hurt exposed to lightWhen forced … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Would Rather Be Exposed To the Inconveniences Attending Too Much Liberty Than Those Attending Too Small A Degree of It

Posted on October 3, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.” – Thomas Jefferson (1791)

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First Principles: It Is Better To Be Despised For Simplicity Than To Be Tormented By Continual Hypocrisy

Posted on February 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Virtue runs no risk of becoming contemptible by being exposed to view, and it is better to be despised for simplicity than to be tormented by continual hypocrisy.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) Bloomberg’s dismissive statements against farmers … Continue reading →

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Pig Faced Penelope

Posted on June 25, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

Inspired by a movie shared with someone very special to me as a movie that is very special to her… https://flic.kr/p/hzjmyP Pig Faced Penelope by Michael Romani A slap on the face to high society Trapped on trappings of notoriety … Continue reading →

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