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Thought For the Day: Be Kind To Thy Father, For When Thou Wert Young, Who Loved Thee So Fondly As He? He Caught the First Accents That Fell From Thy Tongue, and Joined In Thy Innocent Glee
“Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, / Who loved thee so fondly as he? / He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, / And joined in thy innocent glee.” – Margaret Courtney, poet … Continue reading
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Tagged Father, First Accents, Fond, Innocent Glee, Kind, Love, Margaret Courtney, Thou, Thought For the Day, Tongue, Young
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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 Believe, Contemptible, Disposition, Falsehood, First Principles, Heart, Importance, Lie, Resolution, Soul Shaken, Thomas Jefferson, Tongue, Untruth
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First Principles: He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, Finds It Much Easier To Do It A Second and A Third Time, Till At Length It Becomes Habitual
“There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Deprave, Easier, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Dispositions, Habitutal, Heart, Permit, Second and Third Time, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truths, Vice
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First Principles: He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, Finds It Much Easier To Do It A Second and A Third Time, Till At Length It Becomes Habitual
“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, Contemptible, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Disposition, Habitual, Heart, Importance, Lie, Peter Carr, Resolution, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truths, Untruth, Vice
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First Principles: Falsehood of the Tongue Leads To That of the Heart, and In Time Depraves All Its Good Disposition
“(F)alsehood 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 Believe, Depraves, Falsehood, First Principles, Good Dispositions, Habitual, Heart, Lie, Lies, Permit, Thomas Jefferson, Time, Tongue, Truths
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Thought For the Day: When Old Words Die Out On the Tongue, New Melodies Break Forth From the Heart
“When old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.” – Rabindranath Tagore, poet, philosopher, author, songwriter, painter, educator, composer, Nobel … Continue reading
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Tagged Die Out, Heart, Lost, New Melodies, Old Tracks, Old Words, Rabindranath Tagore, Reveal, Thought For the Day, Tongue, Wonder
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