You are not supposed to be so blind with patriotism, that you can’t face reality
CJKent (Banned)
“The more a person needs to be right, the less certain he is...”
Title couldn’t say it all.
You are not supposed to be so blind with patriotism, that you can’t face reality.
Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it, who does it, neither where or when it is done.
You are not supposed to be so blind with patriotism, that you can’t face reality.
Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it, who does it, neither where or when it is done.
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“In history, truth should be held sacred, at whatever cost . . . especially against the narrow and futile patriotism, which, instead of pressing forward in pursuit of truth, takes pride in walking backwards to cover the slightest nakedness of our forefathers.”
Colonel Thomas Aspinwall (U.S. Infantry)
Born May 23rd, 1786, Brookline, Massachusetts
Died August 11th, 1876 in Boston.
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
~ Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Earnest.
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
~ Joe Klaas in the Twelve Steps to Happiness.
Quotations are used by me as a means of inspiration and to invoke philosophical thoughts from the reader.
Pragmatically speaking, quotations can also be used as language games (in the Wittgensteinian sense of the term) to manipulate social order and the structure of society
“Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language.”
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian-British philosopher
Born: April 26, 1889, Vienna, Austria
Died: April 29, 1951, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ludwig said it all.
Old men (like myself) are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
Wise men don't need advice.
Fools won't take it.
Normal old men know this.
To offer fellow humans unsolicited advice is to presume that they don't know what to do or that they can't do it on their own.
People have the right and the responsibility to disregard advice, even if the person dishing it out has the best of intentions.
As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Confucius, Mark Twain or the written note inside a piece of Dove chocolate - can’t remember who said it
What football team do you prefer?
To answer your question;
What football team do you prefer?
America’s Team, The Dallas Cowboys.
Tom Landry's Cowboys with 20 consecutive winning season streak, during which Dallas appeared in 12 conference championship games (counting the 1966-67 league championships) and five Super Bowls, and was exemplified on the field by the iconic Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach,