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Post by andydp on Sept 2, 2021 12:45:06 GMT
When there is plenty of wine, sorrow and worry take wing.
Ovid
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Post by andydp on Sept 3, 2021 11:48:24 GMT
Well.. it had to end sometime.
That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.
Pliny the Younger
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Post by LFC on Sept 3, 2021 17:48:32 GMT
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Post by andydp on Sept 4, 2021 11:08:33 GMT
Follow your path, and let the people talk.
Dante Alighieri
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Post by andydp on Sept 5, 2021 20:01:06 GMT
For the Labor Day holiday:
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
Aristotle
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Post by andydp on Sept 6, 2021 14:02:39 GMT
Another quote for Labor Day:
Work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Post by andydp on Sept 7, 2021 11:50:29 GMT
Since my time in Maine is actually spent doing chores and fixing up this looked like an appropriate quote:
Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
Erma Bombeck
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Post by andydp on Sept 8, 2021 11:20:54 GMT
What people commonly call fate is mostly their own stupidity.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Post by andydp on Sept 9, 2021 11:31:31 GMT
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
Hermann Hesse
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Post by andydp on Sept 10, 2021 12:52:37 GMT
Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.
Moliere
Where have we heard that before ?
"The GOP: where every accusation is an admission of guilt"
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Post by andydp on Sept 11, 2021 11:37:29 GMT
Truth never penetrates an unwilling mind.
Jorge Luis Borges
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Post by andydp on Sept 13, 2021 12:47:49 GMT
I missed Sunday because I have a life of sorts. Anyway, here's the diatribe you missed:
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.
Jeremy Bentham
And today's:
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
William James
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Post by andydp on Sept 14, 2021 10:49:44 GMT
You should not honor men more than truth.
Plato
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Post by andydp on Sept 15, 2021 11:34:25 GMT
This popped up serendipitously in the wake of current leaks about the former administration.
He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked.
Jean Racine
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Post by LFC on Sept 15, 2021 13:56:53 GMT
He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked. What's all this about brides, pillows, and the Wiki? |
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Post by andydp on Sept 15, 2021 14:29:49 GMT
He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked. What's all this about brides, pillows, and the Wiki? I guess its OK if you go for that sort of stuff. |
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Post by andydp on Sept 16, 2021 10:42:28 GMT
You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.
Guy de Maupassant
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Post by goldenvalley on Sept 16, 2021 16:49:17 GMT
You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.Guy de Maupassant That's depressing. I guess the people that made the movie "Idiocracy" had this in mind. |
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Post by andydp on Sept 17, 2021 11:00:06 GMT
A weekend thought:
Doctors are always working to preserve our health and cooks to destroy it, but the latter are the more often successful.
Denis Diderot
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Post by andydp on Sept 20, 2021 10:45:33 GMT
I missed yesterday's Daily Diatribe because, I have a "life". Yesterday, I spent the day in Winslow Maine at Fast Eddie's Drive In car show. Big Bird won "Best Corvette". In reality, the competition field wasn't that big. But I have another trophy.
The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.
Demosthenes
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Post by andydp on Sept 21, 2021 11:50:53 GMT
My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.
Patricia Highsmith
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Post by andydp on Sept 22, 2021 11:20:18 GMT
It's better to repent what you enjoyed than to repent not having enjoyed anything.
Giovanni Boccaccio
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Post by andydp on Sept 23, 2021 11:00:22 GMT
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
Michel de Montaigne
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Post by andydp on Sept 24, 2021 20:24:23 GMT
I've been busy. This popped up on my feed so here you are:
This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
Hafez
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Post by andydp on Sept 25, 2021 20:19:44 GMT
Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
Hafez
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