Tag Archives: Vice

It Feasts On Fear

It Feasts On Fearby Michael DoyleI.Watch for signs of corruption in the morning,In all the troubles that come without warning.American Sign Language signals the meaningOf all the challenges for us human beings.Small towns brush life with their mercy,Sipping whiskey from … Continue reading

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First Principles: Moderation In Temper Is Always A Virtue, But Moderation In Principle Is Always A Vice

“Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.” – Thomas Paine

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First Principles: It Is In the Interest of Tyrants To Reduce the People to Ignorance and Vice. For They Cannot Live In Any Country Where Virtue and Knowledge Prevail

“It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.“ – Samuel Adams

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Autarkeia

Autarkeiaby Michael DoyleIn these days of enhanced pushes for creativityWe slip and slide in our moral relativityGetting dazed and pushed by sex and violenceWe confuse this with mistaken social turbulenceYesterday’s logic is puzzled by the push and pullOf opinions and … Continue reading

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God’s Path

God’s Pathby Michael DoyleGod’s path is one of crystalline clarityMaking easy the hard life lived in sincerityBefore we follow, we much count the costFinding our Way forward from being lostLiving then this life of giving takes priorityThinking out strategically in … Continue reading

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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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My Business Is the Future

My Business Is the Futureby Michael DoyleLike other dreamersMy concern isn’t the presentThat’s for erratic schemersAnd others that we grow to resentMy business is the futureNot as an oracle but as one who createsLooking for the right things to nurtureEngaged … Continue reading

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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

“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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First Principles: He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, Finds 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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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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