1. “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.” 2. “Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” 3. “Definition of a classic — something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.” 4. “Familiarity breeds contempt — and children.” 5. “Always do right. This
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1. “All men desire by nature to know.” ~ Metaphysics 2. “Man is by nature a political animal.” ~ Politics 3. “One swallow does not a summer make.” ~ Nicomachean Ethics 4. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” ~ On the Parts of Animals 5. “Piety requires us to honor
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Not a few people around the world have been taken aback and rightly concerned by the shooting down of a Russian fighter plane by the Turks. No doubt, few would want to see a conflict between Russia and Turkey. Worse, though, is the question of whether or not such a conflagration would involve the United
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Ever been disheartened by the scores of cars you see in mall parking lots while driving home from Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma’s? The recent push to expand Black Friday onto the Thanksgiving holiday itself seems to signal that the days of rest, quietness, and family time are over. But after a few years of this
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Americans, oh Americans. It seems that Americans today are in a frenzy over Islam – and what we hear is that either Islam is a great, peaceful, edifying religion with a few wingnut freaks (similar to Westboro Baptists, etc.), or that, say, something like one in three Muslims is teaching their 7 year-old how to
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Thanksgiving presents us with an opportunity to pause and reflect on the blessings we have been given. To get your personal gratitude juices flowing, check out the gratitude lists which five famous Americans once composed. They demonstrate, as John Adams once said, that despite trials and difficulties in life, “Gratitude is always in one’s Power.”
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