Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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2018 | Where The Economy Is Headed Thanks To #IncompetentDonald |
2017 | Time For More Research, Too |
2016 | Original Thoughts |
2015 | If They’re Good Enough |
2014 | Three… |
2013 | Uncle Joe’s Song |
Live, Then, As If… | |
2012 | Still Trying |
2011 | Not Deserving |
Posts Tagged ‘Nicolas Chamfort’
#Corrupt45 Fails Another Great Test
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #Corrupt45, Great Tests, Money, Nicolas Chamfort, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Small Natures on November 10, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Sounds Like Politics, Too
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Cures, Drugs, Medicine, Nicolas Chamfort, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Remedies on October 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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2017 | Resist More |
Conservatives Are Not The Enemy | |
2016 | Two Weeks To Go… |
2015 | Remembering |
2014 | The Creeping Death Of Civilization |
Orange October (X) – A Blue Morning Turns Into An Orange Evening | |
2013 | License Problem |
2012 | Giants Win Game 2 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!! |
Adage, n. | |
Questions Women Should Ask Before Voting… | |
2011 | What Are You Looking At? |
Just Two?
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Injustice, Nicolas Chamfort, Philosophy, Quotes, Time on April 16, 2018| Leave a Comment »
There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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2017 | Living Without Love |
Good News! | |
2016 | At This Moment |
2015 | Still Dreaming |
2014 | Good Wins |
2013 | Before |
2012 | Look To This Day |
2011 | One View Of Man |
My Friends
Posted in Family and Friends, Quotes, tagged Friends, Nicolas Chamfort, Quotes on November 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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2016 | In Need Of Some Work |
2015 | Elections Have Consequences |
2014 | An Ear Of Happy Accidents |
2013 | Powerful Substitute |
2012 | Heroes Restored |
2011 | As You Should |
Unless You Genuinely Are Small
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged My Journal, Nicolas Chamfort, Quotes, Sébastien-Roch Nicolas, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort on October 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »
In affairs of importance men show themselves at their best advantage; in small matters they are seen as they are. | |
— Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort, (aka Nicolas Chamfort) | |
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2016 | B1 |
2015 | Five Things |
2014 | Have Faith |
2013 | Found In A Mine |
2012 | Two-Sided Coin |
2011 | Passionately Scorned Rules |
Did I See You In Chapter 13?
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Bankruptcy, Chapter 13, Debt, Fame, My Journal, Nicolas Chamfort, Quotes on April 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »
In a country where everyone is trying to be noticed, many must believe, and indeed do believe, that it is better to be bankrupt than to be nothing. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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2016 | As I Recall |
2015 | Less And More Irritation |
2014 | That Marvelous Feeling |
2013 | Exceptional |
2012 | A Wild And Crazy Believer |
2011 | A Lack Of Scarcity |
The Joy Of Prevention | |