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Tag Archives: Vain
Complexity-Simplified
Complexity Simplifiedby Michael DoyleOf all the things I have in life reservedThe right to peacefulness is deservedI have no need for people who like to cause stressAnd this is something I will readily address2024 will be a year of peace … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 2024, Act Right, Address, Around, Back To the Wall, Backflow, Bring Me Down, Cage-Less, Childish Games, Clear, Complexity, Conflict Free, Conscious, Court, Deserved, Destination, Distinct, Document, Don't Tread On Me, Doubt, Edge, Evidence, Eyes, Foolish, Games, Guitar, Inhumanity, Inked, Intention, Known, Last and Final Warning, Learn, Ledge, Life, Lion, Look, Mane, Mercenary Knight, Mistakes, Need, Once In Your Lifee, Owe, Pack of Lies, Pay, Peace, Peacefulness, Pick On, Poetry and Poems, Price, Profound, Push, Rarified, Reserved, Right, Road Runner, Roll, Route, Shade, Shallowness, Share, Simplified, Sin, Soul, Steer Clear, Stress, Strum, Tale, Tattoo, Time, Transparent, Trite, Tug, Tust, Vain, Vain Effort, Voice, Wasted, Wicked, Wile Y. Coyote, Wonder, World, Writing, Wrong Sort of Man, zoo
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First Principles: If Ever A Time Should Come, When Vain and Aspiring Men Shall Possess the Highest Seats In Government, Our Country Will Stand In Need of Its Experienced Patriots To Prevent Its Ruin
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” – Samuel Adams
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Tagged Aspiring, Country, Experienced, First Principles, Government, Highest Seats, Need, Patriots, Ruin, Samuel Adams, Time, Vain
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Lamentations Through the Tears
Lamentations Through the Yearsby Michael DoyleBefore my eyes and with my own earsI’ve witnessed miracles in my yearsYet, there have still been times of painWhich have brought lessons, not in vainHard times hit, and they hit hardWith darkness compelling like … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Cares, Communication, Dependent, Ears, Eyes, Faith, Frustration, God, Hard Times, Heartbreak to Hope, Lamentations, Lessons, Limitation, Miracles, New, Old Testament, Pain, Plain View, Poetry and Poems, Prayers, Psalmist, Relationship, Sovereignty, Submit, Tears, Theology, Vain, Wild Card, Years
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Crash and Burn
Crash and Burnby Michael DoyleCrash and burnWhen will I learnMy stomach churnsFrom the lessons that I learnIf I haven’t learned by nowWill I ever somehowI keep pushing onI keep pushing onGonna slow it downA warm smile turned to frownI keep … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged All, Answer, Bad Fish, Churn, Count, Crash and Burn, Ebb and Flow, Fall, Feel, Feet, Floor, Good Dish, Good Wish, Hall, Hesitation, Insane, Know, Learn, Lessons, Life, Matter, Nothing, Now, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Pushing On, Questions, Sheep, Sleep, Slow It down, Somehow, Stomach, Train, Vain, Voice, Which, World, Worries
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First Principles: Enlightened Statesmen Will Not Always Be At the Helm
“Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.” – James Madison (1787)
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Tagged Adjust, Enlightened Statesmen, First Principles, Helm, Interests, James Madison, Say, Vain
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Keeping Faith Through Storms
Keeping Faith Through Stormsby Michael DoyleWalking righteous amidst life’s corruptionThe faithful holds true without disruptionLike Noah and his ark saving our humanityThe chaos of new frontiers heals with peace, not vanityToo often, we live in coffins of our own makingWhile … Continue reading
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Tagged Ark, Buoyant, Coffins, Compare, Condemnation, Corruption, Dedication, Deluge, Demand, Desire, Disruption, Dominate, Drought, Faith, Faithful, Fault Finders, Frontier, God, God's Reasoning, Grumblers, Heart Breaking, Humanity, Keep, Make, New Day, Noah, Patient, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Prepare, Reasons, Rest, Righteous, Shining Light, Storm, Tears, Treasure, Understood, Unlikely, Vain, Vanity, Waters
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First Principles: If Individuals Be Not Influenced By Moral Principles; It Is In Vain To Look For Public Virtue
“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a … Continue reading
First Principles: The Foundation of National Morality Must Be Laid In Private Families
“The foundation of national morality must be laid in private families. … In vain are schools, academies, and universities instituted, if loose principles and licentious habits are impressed upon children in their earliest years.” – John Adams (1778)


