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First Principles: Falseness of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart
“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading
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First Principles: The Press Is Impotent When It Abandons Itself To Falsehood
“But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805) … Continue reading
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First Principles: Falseness of Tongue Leads To Falseness of Heart
“This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785)
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Tagged Depravity, Disposition, Falsehood, First Principles, Heart, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue
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First Principles: Falseness of the Tongue Leads To Falseness of the Heart
“He tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” – Thomas Jefferson (1785) … Continue reading
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Tagged Depravity, Falsehood, First Principles, Honesty, Integrity, Liar, Thomas Jeferson, Wiisdom
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First Principles: Dishonesty Poisons the Heart, Soul and Mind
“This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” —Thomas Jefferson (1785) Fairly self explanatory on a personal level, isn’t it? And when the media has decided to become propaganda … Continue reading
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First Principles: When Media Lies It Becomes Impotent
“But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805) Increasingly, we … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Paint the Truth In Broad Strokes (and In Fine Detail Too)
“There is room enough for a natural painter. The great vice of the present day is bravura, an attempt to do something beyond the truth.” – John Constable The way this quote actually read in context before shortened to accommodate … Continue reading
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Tagged Bravura, Falsehood, Integrity, John Constable, Natural, Truth
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