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Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
Monotheism is a gift from the gods.
Monotheism is a gift from the gods.
Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not read more
Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinion, most praiseworthy: not that the public eye should be entirely avoided, for good actions desire to be placed in the light; but notwithstanding this, the greatest theater for virtue is conscience.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on read more
Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.
It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect read more
It is the height of absurdity to sow little but weeds in the first half of one's lifetime and expect to harvest a valuable crop in the second half.
Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse
made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created read more
Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse
made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by
God to adapt to deserts made by treekilling human beings
The animal made by human commitee
had pickled pigs' feet .. the pigs now had no feet ..
frog's legs ...the frogs now had no legs
chicken's thighs... the chickens now had no thighs
lamb's ribs .. the lamb now had no ribs
turkey's breasts.. the turkey's chest was carved
sheep's eyes which watched the devourers
calf brains which contained Mad Cow
and God sent angels
to wipe all violence from the earth
from this day forth
© S N Shriver.
There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.
There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
