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First Principles: A Good Government Is Wise and Fiscally Responsible To Its Citizens
“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bread, Earnings, First Principles, Frugal, Government, Industry, Labor, Restraint From Injury, Thomas Jefferson, Wise
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The Man In the Bottle
Continuing with my daughter’s challenge to me, we have a poem based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 2: The Man In the Bottle by Michael Romani A couple infinitely patient and quite gentle The Castles have lived life … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Consequence, Genie, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, The Man In the Bottle, The Twilight Zone, Wise, Wishes
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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between Clever and Smart Is Important
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” – Naguib Mahfouz, writer, Nobel laureate (11 Dec 1911-2006)
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Tagged Answers, Characteristics, Clever, Distinguish, Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Laurete, Questions, Thought For the Day, Wise, Writer
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Knit
Woven into wondrous words of poetry Are the best of secrets revealed to you and me Even now in this day and modern age The wisdom of others spill across the page Me, I do not know about the ways … Continue reading
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Tagged Cross Fit, Daily Prompt, Knit, Photograph, Poetry, Sight, Wise, Wordpress
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First Principles: Neither the Constitution Nor Law Protects A Corrupt People
“[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” –Samuel Adams (1749) How about that, the Founders called out the conditions of today more than we might … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Corruption, First Principles, Laws, Samuel Adams, Wisdom, Wise
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Thought For the Day: The Truly Good and Wise Seek To Always Act Nobly
“The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.” – Aristotle, in Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
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Tagged Aristotle, Circumstances, Ethics, Fortune, Good, Nicomachean Ethics, Nobility, Wise
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