So what have we learned in 2 millennia?

Humor, Just Good, Wordsmith - No Comments » - Posted on November, 17 at 11:09 pm

‘The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public
debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and
controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest
Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on
public assistance.’

Cicero - 55 BC

Evidently nothing.

(don’t know for sure Cicero said this…. but its great!)

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liberty

Just Good, Wordsmith - No Comments » - Posted on October, 9 at 10:44 pm

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Rousseau (1712 - 1778)

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Wisdom

Just Good, Western Thought, Wordsmith - No Comments » - Posted on October, 9 at 10:40 pm

Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the life- long attempt to acquire it.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

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A Quote

Buddhism, Just Good, Western Thought - No Comments » - Posted on September, 25 at 5:53 pm

“Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I should love to satisfy all

Just Good, Wordsmith - No Comments » - Posted on August, 22 at 8:56 pm

I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can;
but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none.
I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to
satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own
judgment, favorable or otherwise.
–Mohandas K. Gandhi

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How bright is your light?

Just Good, Wordsmith - No Comments » - Posted on November, 4 at 9:22 pm

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

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