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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/08/2021 10:24 AM Updated by: thepinetree on 12/08/2021 10:24 AM
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Bits of Wisdom from William C. Durant

"The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife." ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947

"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947

"Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years." ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947

"It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country." ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947

"There is nothing in socialism that a little age or a little money will not cure." ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947






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Posted on: 2021-12-08 12:53:04   By: Anonymous
 

"It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country." ~ William C. Durant December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947"
And the biggest fools of our country voted for an old, weak, senile 47 year career politician who rode on everyone's coat tails his entire life. These easily manipulated fools actually voted for someone who hid in his basement and who's toughest question was the flavor of his ice cream. Now those are FOOLS.

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    Posted on: 2021-12-08 14:50:19   By: Anonymous
     
    Hummm isn't that sniveler's butt buddy he's writing about... Hahahahaha

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      Posted on: 2021-12-08 15:04:48   By: Anonymous
       
      You mean superhero

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    Posted on: 2021-12-08 16:29:09   By: Anonymous
     
    You're confused with the one who would be king, previously.

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    Posted on: 2021-12-08 16:35:54   By: Anonymous
     
    I question if you even know who Will - and Ariel - Durant were? Many of us used their "History of Civilization" as a primary source when doing historical or philosophical research. Here's another quote from him that may be lost on you and the Trumpsters, "To be one's deliberate or true self means to rise above the impulse to become the slaves of our passions and instead to act with courageous devotion to a moral cause for the greater good."

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      Posted on: 2021-12-08 20:25:29   By: Anonymous
       
      What an ill-natured, repulsive and narcissistic comment. You could have just added your little phrase and been done. The likes of you are persona non grata here. You will never fit in here, just like all the other places you have been expelled from in the past.

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Posted on: 2021-12-08 16:30:23   By: Anonymous
 
Many of his words still ring true, especially when one considers contemporary politics and the politicalization of COVID.

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Posted on: 2021-12-09 08:30:38   By: Anonymous
 
Note to the generous folks giving gift certificates to our veterans - it's Raspberry Lane with a "p."

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