Some Words

I just felt like writing down some words and definitions.

1. disport v. To amuse.

2. glossophobia n. Fear of public speaking.

3. lout n. An awkward, foolish person.

4. plutomania n. An excessive pursuit of wealth.

5. gibe n. An aggressive remark directed at someone.

6. salad days n. A period of youth and inexperience.

7. mauve n. A moderate purple.

8. oenology n. The study of winemaking. 

9. mitzvah n. A good act done out of religious duty.

10. chalice n. A bowl-shaped cup.

11. Emerald City n. Seattle.

12. vexillology n. The study of flags.

13. raillery n. Good-natured ridicule; banter.

14. sticky wicket n. A difficult, awkward or uncertain situation.

15. iftar n. The meal after a day's fast during Ramadan.

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Mr. Trump, Again

I know this has become an obsession for me, but I keep hoping for the former President Trump to get his comeuppance. It appears stealing hundreds of classified documents from the White House may indeed get him into some trouble.

But, as truly the Teflon President, one never knows. We will see.

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Some Good Quotes

I just felt like posting some inspiring quotes:

The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.                  Carl Jung

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin...                           James Russell Lowell

Even from a foe a man [or woman] may learn wisdom.          Greek proverb

Whatever is well said by another, is mine.         Seneca

Act quickly, think slowly.            Greek proverb

Dig a well before you are thirsty.    Chinese proverb

Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.   Ralph Waldo Emerson

Read the best books first, or you may not have the chance to read them at all.   Henry David Thoreau

Whatever sentence will bear to be read twice, we may be sure was thought twice.   Henry David Thoreau

The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor.   Aristotle

Soft words are hard arguments.   Thomas Fuller

Words should be weighed and not counted.   Yiddish proverb

                                                                       

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Some Interesting Thoughts

Here are some quotes that readers might finding interesting/thought-provoking.

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it."

                                                                                                      Helen Keller

"The best is the enemy of the good." 

                                                                                                      Voltaire

"He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him."

                                                                                                      Dutch proverb

"As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious."

                                                                                                      Albert Schweitzer

"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge."

                                                                                                      Bertrand Russell

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old: seek what they sought."

                                                                                                      Matsuo Basho

"The natural man has only two primal passions--to get and beget."

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