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erik_skm
@eskmcdonnell Mar 8, 2019, 8:40 AM UTC

Aphorism #88 Let your Behaviour be Fine and Noble

___ >"A great man ought not to be little in his behaviour. He ought never to pry too minutely into things, least of all in unpleasant matters. For though it is important to know all, it is not nec…

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@eskmcdonnell Jul 7, 2018, 10:23 PM UTC

Aphorism #87 Culture and Elegence

___ >"Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture. Culture therefore makes the man; the more a man, the higher. Thanks to it, Greece could call the rest of the worl…

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@eskmcdonnell Jun 29, 2018, 2:00 PM UTC

The @blocktrades World Cup | My selections for the Last 16

The competition continues and so do our hopes and predictions. http://mundoalbiceleste.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wcko.jpg For the first knockout stage, here are my predictions (and hopes): Score…

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erik_skm
@eskmcdonnell Jun 24, 2018, 11:16 PM UTC

Aphorism #86 : Prevent Scandal

___ >"Many heads go to make the mob, and in each of them are eyes for malice to use and a tongue for detraction to wag. If a single ill report spread, it casts a blemish on your fair fame, and if…

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@eskmcdonnell Jun 19, 2018, 4:17 AM UTC

China Scolds Trump: "THE FOOL BUILDS WALLS"

That's thick. Now, again, who was it who built the Great Wall? Without any reflection on the irony, Western MSM reported this statement regarding Trump's trade war policy from an official Chinese pre…

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@eskmcdonnell Jun 10, 2018, 2:06 AM UTC

Aphorism #85 : Do not play Manille

___ >"It is a fault of excellence that being so much in use it is liable to abuse. Because all covert it, all are vexed by it. It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be…

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@eskmcdonnell Jun 5, 2018, 9:55 PM UTC

Aphorism #84 : Make use of your Enemies

___ >"You should learn to seize things not by the blade, which cuts, but by the handle, which saves you from harm: especially is this the rule with the doings of your enemies. A wise man gets more…

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@eskmcdonnell Jun 5, 2018, 5:37 AM UTC

Aphorism #83 : Allow Yourself some venial Fault

___ >"Some such carelessness is often the greatest recommendation of talent. For envy exercises ostracism, most envenomed when most polite. It counts it to perfection as a failing that it has no f…

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@eskmcdonnell Jun 5, 2018, 1:14 AM UTC

The @blocktrades World Cup | My selections

The FIFA World Cup this year has the best host possible in Russia. You can't believe how easy the on-boarding was and how great the tourism privileges are to ticket holders! I've managed to get ticke…

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@eskmcdonnell Jun 4, 2018, 6:47 PM UTC

Aphorism #82 : Drain Nothing to the Dregs, neither Good nor Ill

___ >"A sage once reduced all virtue to the Golden Mean. Push right to the extreme and it becomes wrong: press all the juice from an orange and it becomes bitter. Even in enjoyment never go to ext…

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