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It is not enough to do good; one must do it in the right way. (John Viscount Morley)
I think I've found my maxim (or whatever the word I'm looking for actually is).
Well, I think you could use motto but maxim is a nicer word. And I like that maxim. Can I use it too?
From one Aussie to another, Hello! For all you foreigners out there, this is another method of greeting each other down under, in addition to the stereotypical "G'day" .
Hev
"no longer a stranger..."
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I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.
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Speaking of maxims/mottos : Here's the motto of the Salem Register a newspaper in Salem, Massachusetts, written in "W.W. Story, Life and Letters of Joseph Story" (1851)
Here shall the Press the People's right maintain,
Unaw'd by influence and unbrib'd by gain;
Here patriot Truth her glorious precept draw,
Pleg'd to Religion, Liberty and Law.
My Dad believed in it and quoted it to me and I tried to live up to it during my years in newspapers.
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I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.
Neville Chamberlain
Pax Hitleriana
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Pax Hitleriana
Who invited Hitler in here? I didn't see him referenced in any article.
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Dear AnnaStrophic: Asshole Chamberlin invited Hitler in, and we all paid a terrible price for it.
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what's all this then?! a blatant attempt to prematurely invoke Godwin's Law? http://www.godwinslaw.com/[overheard over the cubicle wall] "The man is not wholly evil -- he has a Thesaurus in his bay"
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Dear tsuwm: Nice counter. But I claim special provocation, apparent praise of Chamberlin.
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That was not praise, dr. bill. That was a subtle way of pointing out that generalities, however high-sounding, can be foolish when applied to particular cases.
Or alternatively, that foolish actions in particular cases can be whitewashed with glittering generalities.
The adage expressing this, I believe, is, "The Devil can cite Scripture for his own purposes."
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