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A Bit of Wisdom from Rose Kennedy

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/23/2023 10:04 AM
Hyannis Port, MA...Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995



"Sometimes I wonder if there is something about my family which invites violence. 'Is it envy,' you ask? I don't know... I've had so much, a son as president, two as senators, a son-in-law who's an ambassador... perhaps God doesn't permit that much."

"It has been said that time heals all wounds. I don't agree. The wounds remain. Time - the mind, protecting its sanity - covers them with some scar tissue and the pain lessens, but it is never gone."

"I am not going to be licked by tragedy, as life is a challenge, and we must carry on and work for the living as well as mourn for the dead."

"Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway."

"It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around."

"Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety."

"I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat."
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A Bit of Wisdom from the 1734 Poor Richard's Almanack

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/22/2023 12:57 PM
Philadelphia, PA...Poor Richard's Almanack was published by Benjamin Franklin, under the pen name of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders". Annual versions were published from 1733 to 1758 & outsold everything but the bible. For two generations before the Revolutionary war he helped create our unique heritage and identity. In this crazy time where the news headlines read like satire we thought it might be refreshing to head down history lane a bit.



You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy fair wife without danger of horns.
Without justice, courage is weak.
Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, not what you please.
Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame.
What one relishes, nourishes.
No man e'er was glorious, who was not laborious.
All things are easy to Industry, All things difficult to Sloth.
Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.
Fools multiply folly.
Beauty & Folly are old companions.
Better slip with foot than tongue.
Hope of gain, lessens pain.
Grief often treads upon the Heels of Pleasure,
Marry’d in Haste, we oft repent at Leisure; Some by Experience find these Words misplac’d, Marry’d at Leisure, they repent in Haste.
Where there's Marriage without Love, there will be Love without Marriage.
Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise.
Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parly.
Who pleasure gives, Shall joy receive.
All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful.
Would you persuade, speak of Interest, not of Reason.
Happy's the Wooing that's not long a doing.
Jack Little sow'd little, & little he'll reap.
Do good to thy Friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him.
A good Man is seldom uneasy, an ill one never easie.
Teach your child to hold his tongue, he'll learn fast enough to speak.
Don't value a man for the Quality he is of, but for the Qualities he possesses.
As Charms are nonsense, Nonsense is a Charm.
He that cannot obey, cannot command.
An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.
He that is rich need not live sparingly,
and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.
If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self.
A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward.
Laws like to Cobwebs catch small Flies,
Great one break thro' before your eyes.
An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow.
Drink Water, Put the Money in your Pocket, and leave the Dry-bellyach in the Punchbowl.
When 'tis fair be sure to take your Great coat with you.
He does not possess Wealth, it possesses him.
Necessity has no Law; I know some Attorneys of the name.
Onions can make, ev'n Heirs and Widows weep.
Strange, that he who lives by Shifts, can seldom shift himself.
As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.
The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, is to save all the Money they can touch.
He that waits upon Fortune, is never sure of a Dinner.
A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.
Marry your Son when you will, but your Daughter when you can.
Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then shou'd they become acquainted.
If you woul'd have Guests merry with your cheer, Be so your self, or so at least appear.
Reader, farewell, all Happiness attend thee: May each New Year better and richer find thee.
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A Bit of Wisdom from the 1733 Poor Richard's Almanack

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/20/2023 11:13 AM
Philadelphia, PA...Poor Richard's Almanack was published by Benjamin Franklin, under the pen name of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders". Annual versions were published from 1733 to 1758 & outsold everything but the bible. For two generations before the Revolutionary war he helped create our unique heritage and identity. In this crazy time where the news headlines read like satire we thought it might be refreshing to head down history lane a bit.



Light purse, heavy heart.
He's a Fool that makes his Doctor his Heir.
He's gone, and forgot nothing but to say Farewel–to his creditors.
Hunger never saw bad bread.
Great Talkers, little Doers.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat 'em.
The poor have little, beggars none, the rich too much, enough not one.
Eat to live, and not live to eat.
After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.
The proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold; the proof of man, a woman.
He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.
Distrust & caution are the parents of security.
He is ill cloth'd, who is bare of Virtue.
Nothing more like a Fool, than a drunken Man.
Innocence is its own Defence.
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A Bit of Wisdom from Isaac Watts

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/17/2023 02:56 PM
Southampton, Hampshire, England...Isaac Watts 17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748


"Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession."

"'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again."

"Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks."

"Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance."
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A Bit of Wisdom from Nikola Tesla

Posted by: thepinetree on 07/10/2023 10:53 AM
New York, NY...Nikola Tesla 10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943



“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success . . . Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.”

“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.”

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.”

“The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.”

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”

“I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men.”

“The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.”
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Record Breaking Fourth of July Travel Projected

Posted by: thepinetree on 06/26/2023 09:54 AM
Walnut Creek, CA...The upcoming Fourth of July holiday is expected to witness a remarkable milestone with a projected 50.7 million Americans planning to take well-deserved vacations. This unprecedented figure represents the highest travel volume ever projected by AAA.  More than 5.6 million Californians are expected to travel for the holiday, a notable increase of 5 percent compared to last year.

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A Bit of Wisdom from Chesty Puller

Posted by: thepinetree on 06/26/2023 10:19 AM
West Point, VI...Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971.



“I’ve always believed that no officer’s life, regardless of rank, is of such great value to his country that he should seek safety in the rear…officers should be forward with their men at the point of impact.”

“All right, they’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re in front of us, they’re behind us…they can’t get away this time.”

“We make generals today on the basis of their ability to write a damned letter. Those kinds of men can’t get us ready for war.”

“Old Breed? New Breed? There’s not a damn bit of difference as long as it’s the Marine breed.”

“Pain is weakness leaving the body.”

“Hit hard, hit fast, hit often.”
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"IF" by Rudyard Kipling...Dedicated to Jay S. Hamilton & Dads Everywhere ~ By John Hamilton

Posted by: thepinetree on 06/17/2023 11:12 AM
Arnold, CA...We originally posted this for Father's Day in 2006. My father would turn 107 this year if he were here today. This poem was my father's favorite. This one is dedicated to my Father...Jay S. Hamilton. Dad was born in November 22, 1916 and died in May 1, 1991 of a Glioblastoma brain tumor. His life saw deep tragedy but he always rose above it. He was born in a house in rural Oklahoma with no electricity or running water. His Mom burned to death when he was 9 years old from a kerosene lantern fire while he was at home.....


My Parents And Oldest Brother Circa 1943.
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A Bit of Wisdom from Adam Smith

Posted by: thepinetree on 06/16/2023 02:33 PM
Edinburgh, Scotland...Adam Smith 16 June, 1723 - 17 July 1790. Author of Wealth of Nations and father of modern economics.



"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."

"It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the same, whether he does, or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest…either to neglect it altogether, or…to perform it in [a] careless and slovenly a manner…"

"If [justice] is removed, the great, the immense fabric of human society, that fabric which to raise and support seems in this world if I may say so has the peculiar and darling care of Nature, must in a moment crumble into atoms."

"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."

"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another."

"What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?"

“Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.”
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A Bit of Wisdom from Henry David Thoreau

Posted by: thepinetree on 06/15/2023 12:24 PM
Concord, MA...Henry David Thoreau. July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862. As summer gets up to full swing. We thought a bit of Thoreau might be in order as many of us head into the woods for a visit this summer.



“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poorhouse. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the almshouse as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.”

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms...”

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
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