I would like you to seriously meditate over that thought of yours — Anand-Haqq
According to Plato's Apology, Socrates' life as the gadfly of Athens began when his friend Chaerephon asked the Oracle at Delphi if anyone were wiser than Socrates; the Oracle responded that No One was wiser. — Wikipedia
The Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team bough a new goalie from Venezuella. During his first game, you could hear the announcer on TV: "The Bay City Rollers' Forward winds up... he shoots... But Jesus SAVES!!" — god must be atheist
On this analogy, a human being is as though the building block of the community, a proper and fit citizen to help form the commonwealth. — Todd Martin
I have only seen uncommon wealth. And I wonder where that came from :chin: — TaySan
I know it's a partial quote, out of context, but it seems that the hapless chap was used as a substitute in the pyramid, when a building block was missing from the inventory.On this analogy, a human being is as though the building block of the community, — Todd Martin
is human society like a clock?...or is it rather like a scale, on which individual equal weights are placed in order to come up with the right balance? — Todd Martin
Your “hapless chap” seems to me to be like a piece of cardboard you pull out of a nearby dumpster or chance upon in the trunk of your car when you are stranded on the side of the road because you ran out of oil and lack a proper funnel: you take that chap and bend him in your hands into the shape of a funnel, stick his narrow end into the intake, and pour in the needed lubrication. — Todd Martin
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