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First Principles: Train Up A Child In the Way He Should Go; and When He Is Old, He Will Not Depart From It

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)

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First Principles: Start Children Off On the Way They Should Go, and Even When They Are Old They Will Not Turn From It

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” – Proverbs 22:6

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Thought For the Day: There Are Two Kinds of Fools: One Says, “This Is Old, Therefore It Is Good”; the Other Says, “This Is New, Therefore It Is Better”

“There are two kinds of fools: One says, ‘This is old, therefore it is good’; the other says, ‘This is new, therefore it is better.’” -William R. Inge, clergyman, scholar, and author (6 Jun 1860-1954)

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Thought For the Day: There’s Nothing That Makes You So Aware of the Improvisation of Human Existence As A Song Unfinished. Or an Old Address Book.

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Thought For the Day: One of the Oldest Human Needs Is Having Someone Wonder Where You Are When You Don’t Come Home At Night

“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.” -Margaret Mead, anthropologist (16 Dec 1901-1978)

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Thought For the Day: To A Father Growing Old, Nothing Is Dearer Than A Daughter

“To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.” -Euripides, playwright (c. 480-406 BCE)

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Fold

Foldby Michael DoyleThe gambler’s cards foldedAs variables at last decodedIn this digital age, it’s the human mindThat must last be decoded or left behindIn mankind’s bid at immortalityDespite the babbled towers of immoralityIn the worst of infernal questsTo put living … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: You Don’t Stop Loving Because You Grow Old, You Grow Old Because You Stop Loving

“You don’t stop loving because you grow old, you grow old because you stop loving.” – Michael Pritchard

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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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Thought For the Day: The Old Poets Little Knew What Comfort They Could Be To A Man

“The old poets little knew what comfort they could be to a man.” -Sarah Orne Jewett, poet and novelist (3 Sep 1849-1909)

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