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\x0a The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.\x0a
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\x0a I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about… It is as if a fresh sap of ideas and thoughts was rising in you.\x0a
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\x0a Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.\x0a
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\x0a Words, it seems belong to other people, anyone who expresses themselves with originality, delight and verbal freshness is more likely to be mocked, distrusted or disliked than welcomed. The free and happy use of words appears to be considered elitist or pretentious.\x0a
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\x0a A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not why ships are built.\x0a
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\x0a If what you have to say is not more beautiful than silence,
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\x0a \x0a \x0a \x0a Arabian proverb (via
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\x0a If a pianist plays in the woods and no one is there, does s/he make a sound?\x0a
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Saturn’s moon, Dione.
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reblogged via /Ambivalence
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