Final Sin
“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”...
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mariokiefer
- Nov 6
- 1 min
Forbidden
“Adam was but human — this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple’s sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.”...
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mariokiefer
- Oct 30
- 1 min
Statues
“I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.” – Marcus Ports Cato (Cato the Elder) From Plutarch, Lives,...
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mariokiefer
- Oct 23
- 1 min
The Throne
“To give the throne to another man would be easy; to find a man who shall benefit the kingdom is difficult.” – Mencius, From the Chinese...
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mariokiefer
- Oct 16
- 1 min
History
“History . . . Is indeed little more than the register of crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.” ~ The History of the Decline and...
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mariokiefer
- Sep 25
- 1 min
I Don't Know
“And if I claim to be a wise man, well It surely means that I don't know” ~Kansas, “Carry on My Wayward Son”
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mariokiefer
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Labor Day
“Labour not unwillingly, nor without regard to the common utility, nor let studied ornament set of thy thoughts.” ~Marcus Aurelius,...
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mariokiefer
- Aug 28
- 1 min
The Path
“More often than not, it was the tiny things — the small, infinitesimal, meaningless choices they made that gave rise to their determined...
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mariokiefer
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Monsters
“There ain’t no monsters, except for the ones that we make.” ~ the character Emma from The Ordinary Monster (2019) #FavoriteQuotes
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mariokiefer
- Aug 7
- 1 min
Indifference
“Man had come to a point in time when the embers of long held resentment so easily fueled petty squabbles which in turn ignited the...
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mariokiefer
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Maybe
“That’s on top of everything else that we know and don’t know yet, based on what we’ve just been able to see. And because we’ve seen it...
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mariokiefer
- Jul 24
- 1 min
Manipulation
“How easily these creatures are manipulated, she thought. Their own sanctimony is the true sin, and this they do not fear.” ~ the...
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mariokiefer
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Decisions
“. . . He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions,...
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mariokiefer
- Jul 10
- 1 min
Culture
"Culture is — it is a reflection of our moment and our time. Right? And present culture is the way we express how we're feeling about the...
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mariokiefer
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Beginning
“. . . [T]he American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation, and the duty laid upon us by that beginning is the duty of bringing...
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mariokiefer
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Ease
"Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering." – Theodore Roosevelt #FavoriteQuotes
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mariokiefer
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Memories
"Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory there would be no civilization, no future." – Elie Wiesel #FavoriteQuotes
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mariokiefer
- May 29
- 1 min
Privilege
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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mariokiefer
- May 22
- 1 min
Submission
“When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit, because their strength is not adequate to resist.” ~...
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