SOME ‘WORDS OF WISDOM’ FOR 2023

Taken out of the ‘The Epoch Times’ during the last two weeks

The spread of communism starts when people are silenced. Free speech is the first freedom citizens lose. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”

AYN RAND

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“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy, is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature, and God.”

ANNE FRANK

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“The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”

MITCH ALBOM

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“When you go in search of honey (the truth) you must expect to be stung by bees.”

JOSEPH JOUBERT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

MARCUS AURELIUS

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“Pleasure in any task increases the level of perfection “

ARISTOTLE

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“The sun himself is weak when he first rises and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on."

CHARLES DICKENS

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“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

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"There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought."

L. M. MONTGOMERY

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"Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot."

CLARENCE THOMAS

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"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love."

LAO TZU

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Let’s finish with a ‘non-sense’ thought (which might be very useful to understand our government objectives):

“Mais vale um homem todavia nunca, do que sem comparação jamais. Não só porque ora essa é boa, mas também porque ainda assim até mesmo.”