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We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude.
quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Yee Bow
They got me into the Sunday-school
In Spoon River
And tried to get me to drop Confucius for Jesus.
I could have been no worse off
If I had tried to get them to drop Jesus for Confucius.
For, without any warning, as if it were a prank,
And sneaking up behind me, Harry Wiley,
The minister's son, caved my ribs into my lungs,
With a blow of his fist.
Now I shall never sleep with my ancestors in Pekin,
And no children shall worship at my grave.
poem by Edgar Lee Masters
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All lawyers are not Liars
The girl is dead when she left my head.
Philosophy and religion are confusion
Don't confuse Confucius with religion.
It is only Confucius knows where the vote goes,
A sage of a past age.
Except of course for Nigeria;
Where the incubent President
Chooses the coming President.
They always play the same old song
And the people always dance the same old dance.
But there will be sun after the rain
Even Lucifer will not live forever.
But of course, it is so true.
Not all lawyers are liars.
poem by Efe Benjamin
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My Awesome God
(08/25/11)
GOD is so awesome- I must say
He gave me the answer to my problem
In just one day.
Then he gave me good news which
I was longing to hear.
That my new grand Childs heart is in repair.
I also found two nephews on the internet
And I can’t get over that yet.
We were shown that misfortunes
Usually come in threes.
But on this particular day
He just wanted to please.
So he put things in reverse
So that I can see- that not all misfortunes
Are really meant to be.
GOD is so awesome - on that I can’t deny
And on his love, I do rely.
Haven’t there been times in your life
That you was at the end of your rope
And things was going so bad
And you thought that you couldn’t cope.
You felt like water swirling in a funnel
Then you saw the light at the end of that tunnel.
You was no longer drowning, and your head
Was at the top, and the headaches that you had
All seemed to stop.
“That” is my awesome GOD!
poem by Louis Rams
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What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
To see what is right and not to do it, is want of courage.
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
If we don't know life, how can we know death?
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.