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8 years ago

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
Plato

You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
Bodhidharma

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
Walter Scott

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Mark Twain

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
Hesiod

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
Voltaire

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
Oliver Cromwell

Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.
Bernard Baruch

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lilosophie
8 years ago
I agree with Bernard Baruch
mawheel
8 years ago
Will mankind ever change? I doubt it; the same thoughts, ideas, morals, and variations on them, have been around since wise men began to speak--and we still don't listen or heed their words.

BTW, HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY to everyone. With all our troubles and faults, the United States of America is where I want to be!
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WG2, I chuckled at your post, b/c rolling a snowball up a hill would never have occurred to me. A funny story from my former pastor: in a snow storm in February, he made a snowball and put it in his freezer, so he could throw it at his wife on the Fourth of July. I decided to imitate him, and did it, too. But when I tried to take it from my freezer, it was a solid ball of ice and frozen to the shelf. If I had been able to throw it, somebody would have been seriously hurt! He had forgotten to share an important detail; the snowball must be put into a plastc baggie, as much air as possible removed, then it is put in the freezer, where it should remain usable -- in the manner for which snowballs are used. Gee, that story isn't half as 'funny', now, as it seemed at the time. Sorry.
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There are many familiar quotes today. I especially like "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.". Gertrude Stein I also agree with "There is no there there." re Oakland. There are different view points about her meaning about that quote, But after living in the bay area for more that 50 years I've come to the conclusion that Oakland is a most dysfunctional city.
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anneliese32
8 years ago
Try # 4. I think that humans have a genetic flaw from the day they climbed out of the tree. Happy 4th to everybody too.

We still have trouble with Time Warner. Am here when I can.
lilosophie
8 years ago
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Happy Independence Day! No big celebration here, Joann is keeping the feed-store open, I will cook dinner: Enchilada Casserole, well it is American food, Mexico is in Central America, isn't it?
Going to be hot again.

No fireworks - too dangerous, so they are definitely illegal - get caught and go to jail.
west_gardener2
8 years ago
I wonder about the Hesiod quote. She's after his barn? I don't know much about the history of that era, but these days it's about money? lol.
Happy 4th to everyone, this country is worth celebrating.
There are all kinds of celebrations going on around here, but we are staying home.
Hung out the flag, had hot dogs, buns and chips. Works for us.

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