“Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
Insisting that a thing is impossible
because we cannot accomplish it;
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;
Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;
Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”
― Cicero
Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
Insisting that a thing is impossible
because we cannot accomplish it;
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences;
Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;
Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.”
― Cicero
This gives reinforcement to my lifelong request that the rest of the world just leave me alone.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful (and has the additional benefit of being true). Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCicero, eh? now we are going way back.....
ReplyDeleteI think he spoke at my high school reunion. . . .
DeleteAmen! And I agree with Murphy(AZ) as well.
ReplyDeleteIt is always amusing when "progressives" say something to the effect of, "The thinkers of an earlier age couldn't have anticipated the modern world, so don't pay attention to what they said - listen to us, we are much smarter than them!" But human nature hasn't changed much over the millennia, has it?
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm also in the 'just leave me alone' camp.... as are most Americans, I suspect..
So true and so very timely.
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