The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Seeking Emergence |
Walking Alone | |
2020 | 51 Days Until The Moron (#45) Is Out Of Office |
Tearing The Roof Off It | |
2019 | #Impeach45: Once A Buffoon, Now A Bad Joke |
2018 | Good Sense |
2017 | E Pluribus Unum |
2016 | Lacking |
2015 | Chip, Chip, Chip |
2014 | nom de plume |
2013 | The Real Reason |
From The Book | |
2012 | When Young |
2011 | 14 Ways To A Better Judgement |
Posts Tagged ‘Nicolas Chamfort’
…Or At Least Smiled A Lot
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Laughing, Nicolas Chamfort, Philosophy, Quotes, Smiling, Wasted Days on November 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Climate Change Is Already Raising Sea Levels
Posted in Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Climate Change, Environment, God, Nicolas Chamfort, Philosophy, Quotes, Rising Sea Levels, The Great Flood on December 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Climate Change Is Already Raising Sea Levels |
Running From You | |
2020 | Speaking For Us |
Tears Don’t Wash Away | |
2019 | Foundational Pillar Of Civilized Discourse |
2018 | Seven Minutes. Not Six, Not Eight |
2017 | Falling Forward One Step At A Time |
2016 | And Without Expectation |
2015 | Just Do It |
I Am A Runner | |
2014 | Some Things I Learned (Mostly) In The Army: |
2013 | Who You Are |
2012 | Mine Stands |
2011 | Aversions |
I’ll Keep Trying To Anyway
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Blogging, Cherries, Epigrams, Nicolas Chamfort, Oysters, Philosophy, Posting Quotes, Quotes, Verse on September 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | I’ll Keep Trying To Anyway |
She Knows | |
2020 | Respond |
Still Trying To Adjust | |
2019 | The Limits Of My Knowledge |
2018 | Even Tiny Progress |
2017 | Real Conservatism |
2016 | The Business Of Life |
2015 | Alone Again, Naturally |
2014 | Agreed |
2013 | Smile From Your Heart! |
2012 | Like You |
2011 | Got Days? |
2010 | K9 Humor – Has Anyone Seen My Setter? (Must read!!) |
A Longer Blog Than You Want To Read (Probably) | |
2009 | Back and Forth and Round Again… |
Waiting For The Sting
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Nicolas Chamfort, Philosophy, Quotes, Scandal, Wasp on June 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Reward Truth In November |
2019 | Prepare For The 2020 Election |
2018 | Why #45 Is Uncivil And Sinking |
Ole! … Ole, Ole, Ole | |
Is This Still The United States Of America? | |
2017 | Go Where? |
2016 | Returning To The Same Box |
2015 | The Hunter’s Music |
2014 | Dedication |
2013 | Unhappy Alternatives |
2012 | Implications |
2011 | Never Let Us Down |
#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 »
Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | My Thoughts On Global Climate Change |
And Never Understand | |
2020 | Waiting For 20 January 2021 |
#45: You Would Cry Too… | |
2019 | #Corrupt45 Fails Another Great Test |
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 |
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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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Simple Choice, Really |
Waaaay Before The Movie | |
2020 | I Just Want To Stay Happy |
Fading… | |
2019 | Show Righteousness, Not Fear |
2018 | Sounds Like Politics, Too |
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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On This Day In: | |
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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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why We Protect The First Amendment |
When A Voice Can Make You Cry | |
The March Continues… | |
2020 | #45: And State Prison Waits When You Leave Office |
I Keep Getting Up | |
Difficult To Relax | |
2019 | Looking For A Republican With A Profile In Courage |
2018 | Hammers, Bells And Songs |
2017 | My Friends |
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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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Creation Without Reservation |
From The Tiniest Embers | |
2020 | Listening To The Trees |
Your Mind’s Made Up? | |
2019 | In Silence |
Not Much Light Here | |
2018 | A Gift |
2017 | Unless You Genuinely Are Small |
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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On This Day In: | |
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 | |