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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: average joe who wrote (8166)5/12/2005 4:27:16 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (1) of 22250
 
Re: If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. Marcus Aurelius

5. If we paid serious attention to all the dull, vain and puerile remarks made in ordinary conversation, we should be ashamed to speak or listen, and we should perhaps condemn ourselves to perpetual silence, which would be even more trying in social relations than useless remarks. We must thus adapt ourselves to every type of mind, and accept as a necessary evil the telling of unfounded stories, vague reflections on the present government or the fortunes of princes, and the endless repetition of the same fine sentiments; we must let Aronce speak in proverbs and Melinda talk about herself, about her vapours, her headaches and her insomnia.

La Bruyère
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A last quote from La Bruyère you ought to keep in mind before you reply:

2. A fool is always an intruder: an intelligent man knows whether he is welcome or unwelcome; he manages to disappear the moment before he would be in the way.

ourcivilisation.com

Don't act the FOOL, Joe!!!
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