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Angry people are not always wise.
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
You've had a good morning with your first breath. Others weren’t able to.
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Farnam Street • Leave Your Crown in the Garage
A phrase worth knowing: Is trom an t-ualach an t-aineolas. An old Irish proverb meaning ‘ignorance is a heavy burden’. It’s the antithesis of ‘ignorance is bliss’ which I have never understood. Ignorance, whether wilful, feigned or indoctrinated, is a very heavy thing indeed.
From Dense Discovery - Orlagh Feeney
Author John Shedd on taking risks: "A ship is safe in a harbor, but that is not what ships are built for."
incredible generosity of spirit
3-2-1: On saving money, controlling your anger, and what love looks like
