<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442438" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sober, Grave, And Staid</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sober, grave, and staid...<br>To highlight one's prim and proper, <br>Self restraint.<br>Often impairs one's vigor and effectiveness, <br>To react spontaneously...<br>That allows the naturalness of the order of things, <br>To flourish to become what they are intended.<br>And unfortunately reflects, <br>A stagnation of beliefs with those standards valued...<br>Unable to compete with an existing reality.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'We will continue to seek leadership, <br>Which represents 'our' interests.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">~And those interests are? ~</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Whatever has worked for our ancestors.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">~Even though times have drastically changed? ~</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'We are not going to allow times to change.<br>We prefer to keep our beliefs outdated.<br>And we are entitled to do just that.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">~But what is the advantage? ~</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'We do not concern ourselves with benefits, <br>Or advantages.<br>Logic or common sense.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442438" data-title="Sober, Grave, And Staid de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Sober, grave, and staid... To highlight one's prim and proper, Self restraint. Often impairs one's vigor and effectiveness, To react spontaneously... That allows the naturalness of the order of things, To flourish to become what they are intend..."></div> </div> </div>

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