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Thought For the Day: One May Have A Blazing Hearth In One’s Soul, and Yet No One Ever Comes To Sit By It
“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.” – Vincent van Gogh, painter (30 Mar 1853-1890)
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Thought For the Day: One Does Not Advance the Swimming Abilities of Ducks By Throwing the Eggs In the Water
“One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water.” – Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (2 Mar 1820-1887)
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Tagged Ability, Advance, Duck, Eggs, Multatuli, One, Swim, Thought For the Day, Water
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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)
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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek Truth and Pursue It Steadily
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)
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Thought For the Day: Ten Million Ignorances Do Not Constitute One Knowledge
“Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.” – Clemens von Metternich (1773-1859)
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Thought For the Day: A Writer Needs Three Things, Experience, Observation, and Imagination, Any Two of Which, At Times Any One of Which, Can Supply the Lack of Others
“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” -William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)
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Tagged Experrience, Imagination, Lack, Observation, One, Supply, Thought For the Day, Three Things, Two, William Faulkner, Writer
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First Principles: One Single Object Will Merit the Endless Gratitude of the Society: That of Restraining the Judges From Usurping Legislation
“One single object … [will merit] the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1825)
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Tagged Endless Gratitude, Judges, Legislation, Object, One, Restrain, Single, Society, Thomas Jefferson, Usurp
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There’s Maybe Nothing Better
There’s Maybe Nothing Betterby Michael DoyleThere is maybe nothingThat could be any betterHowever bright or gloomyThe day has turned the weatherThan spending this Sunday afternoonWatching dreams with my daughtersHearts overflowing with joy soonWatching Rudolph with their fatherThere’s nothing like a … Continue reading
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Tagged Allow, Better, Born, Bright, Confide, Daughters, Day, Differences, Dreams, Every Heart, Father, Fit, Follow, Girls and Boys, Gloomy, Good, Grow Up, Hearts, Hide, Joy, Lesson, Love, Loving World, Memory, Misfit, Misfit Toys, Nothing Better, One, Outrun, Place, Poetry and Poems, Room Enough, Rudolph, Sunday Afternoon, Together, Tomorrow, Troubles, True, Understood, Weather, World, Yesterday
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First Principles: There Is But One Straight Course, and That Is To Seek the Truth and Pursue It Steadily
“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.” – George Washington (1795)
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First Principles: Democracy Will Soon Degenerate Into An Anarchy, Such An Anarchy That Every Man Will Do What is Right In His Own Own Eyes
“[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these … Continue reading
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Tagged An Essay on Man's Lust For Power, Anarchy, Beauty, Capricious Will, Cruelty, Degenerate, Democracy, Every Man, First Principles, Intellectual Abilities, John Adams, Liberty, Life, Moral Virtues, One, Own Eyes, Powers, Property, Reputation, Science, Secure, Very Few, Wanton Pleasures, Wealth, Wit
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