Waiting For The Sting

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

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#Corrupt45 Fails Another Great Test

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:
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

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I’m Still Hungry

Society is composed of two great classes those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners.
—    Nicolas Chamfort
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On This Day In:
2018	What Matters
2017	By Far
2016	Until…
2015	Or Infinitesimal
2014	I’ve Looked At Clouds
2013	Undiscovered Ocean
2012	Feeling Old? (Part 2)
2011	What About Freedom?

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Sounds Like Politics, Too

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:
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?

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Just Two?

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

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My Friends

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:
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

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Unless You Genuinely Are Small

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:
2016	B1
2015	Five Things
2014	Have Faith
2013	Found In A Mine
2012	Two-Sided Coin
2011	Passionately Scorned Rules

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Did I See You In Chapter 13?

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

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