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First Principles: Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart, and In Time Depraves All Its Good Disposition
“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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Tagged All of Its Good Disposition, Attending, Contemptible, Depraves, Easier, Falsehood, First Principles, Habitual, Heart, Importance, Lie Once, Lies, Mean, Never To Tell An Untruth, Permit, Pitiful, Resolution, Second, Thomas Jefferson, Thrid, Time, Tongue, Truths, Vice, World's Believing
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First Principles: Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart, and In Time Depraves All Its Good Disposition
“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 Depraves, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Disposition, Heart, In Time, Leads, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue
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First Principles: This Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart, and In Time Depraves All Its Good Disposition
“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 Deprave, Disposition, Falsehood, First Principles, Good, Heart, In Time, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue
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Thought For the Day: For All Sad Words of Tongue and Pen, the Saddest Are These, “It Might Have Been”
“For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.” – John Greenleaf Whittier, poet (17 Dec 1807-1892)
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Tagged All, It Might Have Been, John Greenleaf Whittier, Pen, Sad, Saddest Are These, Thought For the Day, Tongue, Words
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First Principles: It Is of Great Importance To Set A Resolution, Not To Be Shaken, Never To Tell An Untruth
“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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Tagged All Good Disposition, Depraves, Falsehood, First Principles, Great Importance, Heart, In Time, Not Shaken, Resolution, Tell, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue, Untruth
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First Principles: Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart and In Time Depraves All Its Good Disposition
“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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Tagged Believe, Contempt, Deprave, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Disposition, Habitual, Heart, Lies, Never, Resolve, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truth, Untruth, Vice
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Cursed Fate
Once upon a not so long ago, even words spoken could get you accused of all sorts of things. Now it’s a new sort of dogma that we have to conform to or pay a wicked price. Funny isn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Banal, Blame, Cause, Challenge, Charge, Clever, Contempt, Cunning, Curse, Deception, Deprive, Deveiver, Device, Dogma, Dream, Evil, Fate, Fire, Flames, Glower, Grow, Guilty, Head, Hell, Honest, Ill Manner, Innocent, Inspire, Judgment, Know, Men, Moral, Nightmare, Outlaw, Photograph, Pity, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pretty, Price, Said, Scheme, Shame, Sharp, Slip of Tongue, Smil, Theive, Thought, Tongue, Trial, Undone, Weary, Wicked, Word, Young
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First Principles: Falsehood 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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Tagged Attend, Believe, Contempt, Deprave, Disposition, Falsehood, First Principles, Good, Habit, Heart, Important, Lie, Mean, Permit, Resolutioni, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truth, Untruth, Vice
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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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Tagged Believe, Book of Wisdom, Contempt, Deprave, Disposition, Falsehood, First Chapter, First Principles, Habit, Heart, Honesty, Important, Lies, Resolution, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue, Truth, Unshaken, Untruth, Vice
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