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A moon-flooded prairie; a straying
Of leal-hearted lovers; a baying
Of far-away watching dogs; a dreaming
Of brown-fisted farmers; a gleaming
Of fireflies eddying nigh - 
And that is July! ~ James N. Matthews

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I'm afraid I found this unbearably accurate last month.

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Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things. ~ Terry Pratchett

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother...
Amd gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us...~ Wm Shakespeare

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wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world
my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. ~ ee cummings

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The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened. ~ Mark Twain

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He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. ~ Leonardo da Vinci

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Respect for the rights of others means peace. ~ Benito Juarez

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When April steps aside for May,

Like diamonds all the raindrops glisten.

Fresh violets open every day,

To some new bird each hour we listen. ~ Lucy Larcom

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A summer's morning gave one a beautiful feeling, like Christmas carols and dog's eyes. ~ Ruby Ferguson

Happy Thomas Jefferson Day

 

"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual." 

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Those who would renegotiate the boundaries between church and state must therefore answer a difficult question:  Why would we trade a system that has served us so well for one that has served others so poorly? ~ Sandra Day O'Connor

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How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks. ~ Dorothy L. Sayers

Words To Live By

 

The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled, the more I gain. ~ Susan B. Anthony

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Any act of love, however - no matter how small - lessens anxiety's grip, gives us a taste of tomorrow, and eases the yoke of our fears.  Love, unlike virtue, is not its own reward.  The reward of love is peace of mind, and peace of mind is the end of man's desiring. ~ Harper Lee

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"Some Public Health Service officers deployed in detention centers suffer 'moral distress'..."

I will do no harm or injustice to them...Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. 

Now if I carry out this oath, and break it not, may I gain for ever reputation among all for my life and for my art; but if I break it and forswear myself, may the opposite befall me. ~ Hippocrates

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The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they're the ones who are alone. ~ Adam Serwer