There is no moment like the present; not only so, but moreover, there is no moment at all, that is, no instant force and energy, but in the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him, can have no hope from them afterward; they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world.
—Miss Edgeworth
Wednesday, November 06, 2019
Tuesday, November 05, 2019
Monday, November 04, 2019
Post #2951
1. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
6. We seldom repent of having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
8. How much pain the evils have cost us that have never happened.
9. Take things always by the smooth handle.
10. When angry count ten before you speak. If very angry a hundred.
—JEFFERSON'S TEN RULES
2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
3. Never spend your money before you have it.
4. Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap.
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
6. We seldom repent of having eaten too little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
8. How much pain the evils have cost us that have never happened.
9. Take things always by the smooth handle.
10. When angry count ten before you speak. If very angry a hundred.
—JEFFERSON'S TEN RULES
Friday, November 01, 2019
Post #2950
Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.
—Johann Georg von Zimmermann
—Johann Georg von Zimmermann
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Post #2948
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
—Samuel Johnson
—Samuel Johnson
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Post #2947
Positiveness is a most absurd foible. If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong, it adds shame to your defeat.
—Laurence Sterne
—Laurence Sterne
Monday, October 28, 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Monday, October 21, 2019
Friday, October 18, 2019
Post #2940
May you live unenvied, and pass many pleasant years unknown to fame; and also have congenial friends.
—Ovid
—Ovid
Thursday, October 17, 2019
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
- Native Texan · Navy Veteran · Various Scars and Tattoos · No Talent yet a Character