“Insane asylums are constructed for those who have seen reality and refuse to surrender to it.”

“Keep singing. There’s still paint on the walls; the structure is still standing – though the foundation is beginning to shudder.”

“Scientists can’t see into the spirit world because they don’t have time to look up from their experiments.”

“Did the universe create itself?  We only know that the first IT recreates itself, because both the dead and living multiply, but that’s all we know.”

“You laugh because everyone is laughing. I laugh because I have a mind that works.”

“Just as a mother freely gives her love, so will other people freely give you the opportunity to prove yourself.”

“I’ve always thought that if a lady is supposed to smell like flowers, then a man should at least smell like something worthy to be near a flower.”

“Talking to you is about as interesting as shoveling gravel into a muddy pit.”

“The more you talk, the more lonely you’ll be.”

“Well, it’s hard to see at night.”

“What a wonderful disaster.”

“Are you having a good time?”

“I can recall having a good time, but not very recently.”

“You’re much better at talking than communicating.”

“He has no enemies, just disgruntled friends.”

“I don’t read autobiographies to understand the truth of the matter, I read them to spice up my perception of life.” 

“Yes. Let’s forget about this tedious analyzation of facts and just argue.”

“Man cares deeply about the well-being of animals, until the moment he leans back from the table and announces, ‘I’m full.’”

“I like to listen to him while thinking about more interesting topics.”

“When I’m with you, I think to myself, ‘Being alone isn’t such a bad thing after all.’”

“When I think of how long we’ve been friends, I envy strangers.”

“When I think of how long we’ve been friends, I also reflect on how I’ve wasted my life.”

“I live to protest the absence of the dead.”

“Don’t just be concerned about your present looks, be concerned about the oncoming wrinkles and discoloured skin.”

Reported speech required the use of the verb “say”. So the student has to know the various tenses this verb can be expressed in. Tell is used to recount what a person said without giving a word for word account of it, This is not well understood by some international students but as in the case of French native speakers helping them see that the equivalent of say and tell are not the same; even though the verb dire is involved in both situations, the French use “dire que” for tell and “dire” for say.

One rule to remember is that the tense used to get the reported from the quoted speech is one tense more remote except for the should, could and would. The author has not been able to find out why there is an exception there. So if someone says ” I have dinner at eight every day”, the reported speech will be “He said he had dinner every day at eight. One has to recognize the fact that there are three people involved in the exchange the person who says something, the person who reports it and the person who listens to the reported information.

In the reported speech one also has to change the pronoun subject or the reference to the person with respect to the quoted speech used. The first person singular in the quouted will then become the third person singular as in “He said, “I am going out” will become, “He said he was going out”.

There is the possibility of keeping the same tense when moving from quoted to reported speech and that is when something has just happened and so the statement that is said is fresh. When someone says “she loves flowers” then the reported speech can be “she said she loves flowers” and the tense for love remains unchanged. The fact that she loves flowers is a fact or a daily occurrence permitting you the reporter to use the same tense instead of saying: “she said she loved flowers”. This rule may also apply to the simple past and present perfect forms.

Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day.  ~Unknown

Dream as if you’ll live forever.  Live as if you’ll die tomorrow.  ~James Dean

Your life is what your thoughts make it.  ~Marcus Aurelius

You may not end up where you thought you’d be, but you’ll end up right where you’re meant to be.  ~Unknown

Don’t cry because it’s over.  Smile because it happened.  ~Dr. Seuss

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.  ~ Robert Frost

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.  ~Maya Angelou

Imagination is everything…It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.   ~Albert Einstein

Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.  ~Martin Luther King Jr.

If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with a little rain.  ~Dolly Parton

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.  ~Bob Marley

No one can change a person, but a person can be the reason someone changes.  ~Spongebob Squarepants

Be yourself, because the people who mind don’t matter, and the people that matter don’t mind.  ~Dr. Seuss

If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.  ~Unknown

You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.  ~Unknown

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.  ~Unknown

Dance as though no one is watching you; love is though you have never been hurt before; sing as though no one can hear you; live as though heaven is on earth.  ~Unknown

Later, the news agencies and history books would report that Edward Savois was the first
person not to die. In fact, Louise Hubert was first, Francis Blondain was second, while—a full
sixty-seven minutes after Ms. Hubert—Mr Savois was the third person not to die.

In the Montreal suburb known as NDG, on that twenty-third day of November, Louise
Hubert awoke alone at seven AM, as per her usual routine. She did so not because she was some
eager go-getter anxious for an early start to the day, but because she was eighty-two years old
and trusted the tensile strength of her bladder about as much as she did the prognostications of
the weatherman—meaning not a whole hell of a lot.

After relieving her bladder of its burden, Louise Hubert made her way to the kitchen
where she filled her blender with frozen mixed berries, half a banana, and a cup of vanilla
yogurt, then blended the fruit and yogurt into an anti-oxidant-rich sludge. The smoothie had been
her morning meal for the past twelve years, ever since an episode of Oprah had convinced her of
the cancer-fighting properties of anti-oxidants and fibre. Her husband, Clarence, had died of
colon cancer fifteen years ago and Louise had no plans of joining him. Not like that.

Her breakfast consumed, Louise Hubert fixed herself a cup of coffee and moved from the
kitchen table to the living room couch to watch the morning news and knit, as she did every
morning. The news was dull or depressing, but it helped fill the silence while she knitted. That
morning she was completing a pair of slippers for her daughter, Rolande. She planned to make
matching ones for Rolande’s three kids.

Rolande Patry, née Hubert, visited her mother often. She was dumb as toast and not much
more interesting, but she was a good woman and a good daughter. She’d married an equally dullwitted
man by the name of Denis Patry who made his living selling motorized lawn-ornaments to
people even dumber than he. Upon meeting the man who would later marry his only daughter,
Clarence Hubert had whispered to his wife, “Seems like a nice guy . . . but boy, their kids are
gonna be capital-S stupid.” Clarence had not lived long enough to meet his grand kids, but he’d
been right. Rolande and Denis had produced a trio of mental-miniatures the likes of which
Louise had never seen outside of an American sitcom. But she loved those three half-wits as only
a grandmother could.

After the news came The View. Louise Hubert hated the women on The View. She hated
the way they argued constantly with each other. She hated the way they fawned over their B-list
guests. She hated their voices, the way they spoke and even the clothes they wore. And so, of
course, she never missed an episode.

At exactly eight fifty-three in the morning, just minutes before the end of the show,
Louise Hubert’s heart coughed, choked and died. Though Louise Hubert had adopted a healthy
diet and even the occasional burst of hyper-low-impact exercise since her husband’s passing, her lifestyle leading up to the day of his death had been less than exemplary. She had been especially
fond of baked desserts. The richer the better. If butter was not the main ingredient in a particular
recipe then it was hardly worth baking. Furthermore, she had been blessed with the kind of
metabolism that had allowed her to live her entire life without ever passing the 120-pound mark,
despite her five feet and seven inches. But such a metabolism could also prove a curse when a
sudden jump in weight would otherwise signal a decline in overall health. Since she never grew
fatter, Louise had always believed herself to be as healthy as they come. Heart problems
followed an expanding waistline, it was that simple. Heart problems didn’t sneak up on you, the
way cancer did. You saw them coming. Quotes On Finding Love Again

But Louise Hubert never saw this one coming.

She never saw the arteriosclerosis that tightened and hardened her coronary arteries, or
the decreased flow of blood to her heart, which led to a reduction in oxygen-laden haemoglobin,
which meant that her heart did not get enough oxygen. At eight fifty, when Joy Behar, one of the
hosts of The View, said something particularly irksome and Louise felt compelled to yell at the
woman’s image, her sudden over-exertion caused a chink in the plaque lining her arteries, which
then caused the formation of a blood-clot which, in turn, blocked the flow of blood, haemoglobin
and oxygen to Louise’s heart completely. This led to ischemia. In short, her heart died.

The pain rocketed through her chest, up her neck and down into her gut. Her hands,
swollen with mild arthritis, flew open and her knitting fell into her lap. Her jaw clenched, her
dentures were knocked askew. Her mug of coffee had been emptied over an hour ago, and so
Louise did not have to contend with the added pain of scalding liquid. The pain of her heart
attack was quite enough, thank you.

That pain lasted exactly two seconds.

At eight fifty-four on that November morning, Louise Hubert should have fallen victim to
the leading cause of death in the industrialized world. Louise Hubert should have died of
coronary artery disease.

However, at eight fifty-five in the AM, Louise Hubert took a deep breath, wiped the thin
sheen of sweat from her deeply lined forehead, and picked her knitting up off her lap. Her heart
continued to beat, pushing blood through her arteries. The blood propelled the newly-formed
blood-clot into her heart and back out again, carrying it throughout her circulatory system. This
alone should have killed her a dozen times over. Still, Louise Hubert remained seated on her
couch, knitting and watching Live! With Kelly.

She made a mental note to mention the fleeting pain she’d felt to her doctor on her next
physical. To find out more, you can check out Quotes On Finding Love Again.

1. I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can
do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.

2. I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people are
just assholes.

3. I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and it only
takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

4. I’ve learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen
minutes. After that, you’d better have a big weenie or huge
boobs.

5. I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to others -
they are more screwed up than you think.

6. I’ve learned that you can keep puking long after you think
you’re finished.

7. I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we
are celebrities.

8. I’ve learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a
relationship is at first, the passion fades, and there had better
be a lot of money to take its place.

9. I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you
when you’re down will be the ones who do.

10. I’ve learned that we don’t have to ditch bad friends, because
their dysfunction makes us feel better about ourselves.

11. I’ve learned that no matter how you try to protect your
children, they will eventually get arrested and end up in the
local paper.

12. I’ve learned that the people you care most about in life are
taken from you too soon and all the less important ones just
never go away.

13. I’ve learned to say “Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke” in 6
languages.

And a joke

A man was approached by a co-worker at lunch who invited him out
for a few beers after work. The man said that his wife would
never go for it, that she did not allow him to go drinking with
the guys after work.

The co-worker suggested a way to overcome that problem:

“When you get home tonight, sneak into the house, slide down
under the sheets, gently pull down your wife’s panties, and give
her oral sex. Women love it, and believe me, she’ll never mention
that you were out late with the boys.”

So the man agreed to try it, and went out and enjoyed himself.

Late that night, he sneaked into the house, slid down under the
sheets, gently slid down his wife’s panties, and gave her oral
sex.

She moaned and groaned with pleasure, but after a little while,
he realized he had to take a leak, so he got out of bed and
walked down the hall to the bathroom.

When he opened the door and went in, he was very surprised to
see his wife sitting on the john.

“How did you get in here?” he asked.

“Shhhhh!!!” she replied, “you’ll wake-up my mother!”

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“It is usually a bad job interview idea to say that you are an avid “self learner” because as a teenager you have learned about “The birds and the bees” on your own – by conducting multiple live experiments.”

“Is making up real funny quotes not enough for someone to become Notable ?”

“The rumor has it that as a cost cutting measure the original Statue of Liberty was recently secretly replaced by its cheap copy, which was made in … China.”

“Wiki Leaks got the unconfirmed information (through the osmosis, of course) that North Korea now agreed to sign the peace agreement with the South Korea on one only condition – Woody Allen’s immediate divorce.”

“The best remedy to reduce hemorrhoid’s pain and itching is to become a professional stand-up comedian.”

“If I would live in the past then I would be a fan of those days Modern Literature. If I would live in the future then I would be probably enjoying today’s Sci-Fi genre. But since I live in the present boring times I prefer to read Classics.”

“If money would indeed grow on the trees then we could of use them to save the forests.”

“It is a common historical misconception to claim that Serbia was bombed by US’s led NATO to force the creation of the Muslim European state (Kosovo). In truth the sole purpose of the bombing action was the desperate last resort attempt to destroy the plant, producing those awful cars, called Yugo.”

“Bill Clinton was absolutely truthful when he stated that he “never had sex with that woman”. He actually meant Hillary.”

“I’ve heard the exciting news that producers of “King’s speech”, being greatly encouraged by their success at Oscar’s, are rushing with the sequel tentatively named “King’s fart”, trying it to be ready for the April 29 royal wedding event.”

“Grapevine sources are telling that Natalie Portman is writing her autobiography book titled “My way to Oscar – from ugly duckling with no strings attached to pregnant swan in love.”

“I would gladly do what I say … if only it would not take me so much time to figure what I really meant when I said it.”

“Since flies carry the infection, I would welcome establishing “No fly zone” in all countries instead of doing this favor just for Libya.”

“Some like it hot, some like it both hot and married.”

“When we failed to export goods we started to export jobs. That is what I call “Innovation”.”

“My parents also called me Sasha. But my house was of another color.”

“Since I like to have my drink alone and not in a party of noisy unruly scoundrels, I am switching from drinking tea to coffee.”

“When I write my phrase, containing a statement, I always leave a lot of free empty space underneath of it.”

“The best meet-up dating places for divorcees are “Lost and Found” departments.”

“What is common between a male bird and a politician ?
They both could change colors.
What is the difference between a male bird and a politician ?
The first does it to make love, the second – just to stay alive.”

“What is the difference between buying sandwich and being laid off at work ?
In the latter case – they always give it to you “to go”. “

“Why the only people who could afford serious opinion on the serious issues of this country are late night shows comedians ?
Because this is the most unlikely time and place for Awakening.”

“If you don’t know people, who claim to be your enemy – then your enemies are hiding among people, who claim to be your friends.
If you don’t have friends then look up for your enemy within yourself.”

“The motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” used in US Legal Tender (bills and coins) has a typo.
The correct version is: “IN GOLD WE TRUST”.”

“Republicans are red, democrats are blue; most voters are color blinded and do not have a clue.”

“Why Tea-Party meetings remind me of “The Elephant In The China Shop” ?”

“We invaded into Iraq instead of Iran due to president Bush’s misspelling error.”

“To pass political illiteracy test one just needs to know that Barack and Osama are the first names while Mubarak and Obama are the last ones.”

“The smaller the country is, the easier it is to find the reasons why it has to be bombed”

“On day when Poetry will die the Earth will turn to hell
The death of Poetry will mean the death of Love as well !”

“Like rivers flow into ocean
Unstoppable time’s steady motion
And only Love without caution
Survives the time through its Devotion”

“Most of the people escape from day-to-day mundane reality of life into others fantasies (books). Very few people escape from that known reality by discovering the yet unknown one ! “

“Usually submitting poetry to public review is akin to ‘Casting Pearls Before Swine’ “

“I would be easily converted into believer of the soul’s reincarnation concept, if one would assure me that in the process of reincarnation my Goodreads book list will be carried along with me”

“When last time I rechecked my Birth Certificate I was disappointed to find out that neither my last name is Trump nor that I was born in Hawaii”

“If your book review only talks how do you feel about the book instead of talking about the book itself – the only person, who might be interested in your review is your psychoanalyst”

“The rumor has it that to promote tourism the State of Hawaii is giving birth certificates to all people succeeding in spelling the word “Aloha”.”

“We all feel like immortals while merely being alive”

“If the piece of art of any genre only allows to tell how one feels about it without being capable to say what it is all about – then it surely belongs to Modern Art”

“Maxim Gorky said “For all good in me I indebted to books” – and I second it.
The question, which is remaining – from where all my bad came from ?”

Lyrics of the Day (04/29/2011):
“Roll Over Prince William and tell Kate Middleton the news”

Message of the Day(04/29/2011):
“Black Prince” to “Prince in Red” : “Something is rotten in …”

Rhyme of the Day(04/29/2011):
“Obama in Alabama”
(doesn’t rhyme well …)

“When the history is not studied and when the history lessons are not learned – then the history punishes *us* by recreating its worst moments.”

“Increase of interest in witchcraft, occult, magic and mysticism indicates losing touch with reality”

“Reading fantasy books is much easier than changing reality”

“Good classical books are like wine – both are getting even better with time !”

“I am not afraid to be infected with bad taste of modern books -I am inoculated by reading classics !”

“Luckily it takes some time to blow the angel out of the child’s soul and make him/her to be a ‘human being’.”

“One of the features the evil could be identified by – is by its hatred to Jews.”

“When I first time saw “True Love Grows” from Tiffany – I thought it was another “male enhancement” spam promotion.”

“When one’s opponents are fools …the best way to stay entertained is to fool around with them …”

“Any brandy gets supposedly better with age, but only good books continue to get better as time passes by … “

“The tragedy of Humanism as an idea is that in practice it (due to its abstract goals) fails to enthuse and motivate people’s actions.
Humanism always looses its fight against fanatical evil causes, which are based on hate and destruction, because such causes are more material and concrete, and, therefore such causes are more appealing to ignorant masses. “

The following warning has to be placed on each Trojan horse :
“Beware of Greeks bearing gifts”

The daemon-crazy is pronounced as an anti-people republic

Works of art are valued without a discount

To write or read fantasy books is much easier than to change the reality

If you don’t know people, who claim to be your enemy – then your enemies are hiding among people, who claim to be your friends.  If you don’t have friends then look up for your enemy within yourself

Everyone in this world goes by his own “Milky Way”

It is good, that the person can not see himself “directly” with his own eyes – because direct eye contact with the Gorgon Medusa, who lives in this man, is suicidal

Not everything in the world is worthy of imitation or continuation of

It is easy not to know

Beauty in art does not get old

A small stone placed at the headstones, commensurates with eternity

Perfection – is the enemy of progress

Tastelessness destroys the beauty

Criminal conviction  of the innocent – is a Pyrrhic victory for justice

The verdict of fate is final and is not the subject of appeal

Poetry – is an artifact of an excess of emotion

War is legitimized by society mutual killing

Nations do not disappear by themselves …
They are getting destroyed by genocide  …

The Jews came out of the Soviet Union as from Egypt … but without Moses

In any country of the Galut, for Jews sooner or later there comes a “moment of truth”

Ignorance promotes vanity

Women love to drink all the fresh – including blood and money

Anyone who asks too many questions, will answer for it

Do not halloo with a cuckoo

Marriage – is a convention, sealed by the certificate

There is enough woe for everyone

Spiritual Holocaust lasts already for two thousand years – all the while trying to kill the soul of the Jewish People

The Jewish people – it’s a boy, Mottle, – he’s everywhere an orphan

Aphorisms – like children – they know how to laugh and cry

Cloning does not compensate for lack of originality

Faceless originals produce faceless clones

If the soul is crying – learn to play the violin

“Pisces” – a reincarnation of the soul, which drowned in grief

Sensitivity -  is nudity, dressed into the nervous tissue

Pathology in human relations – is a “common situation”

Nature does not indulge its geniuses

Slavery is suggestive … – Do not believe me – then ask the … Aesop

Accuracy – is the politeness of kings”, and brevity – it is the politeness of writers

If someone has won a duel with death – it will always win in a rematch

No one mows the grass of oblivion

Life is a gift that sooner or later will be returned

Last Dance is always reserved for … death

Death – it’s a matter of time

Geniuses are burned in the fire of their talent

To manipulate people … – it is easier than learning to play the flute

Love – is when they die with your name on the lips … during orgasm

Losing an umbrella reduces the desire and ability to cling to life

Open umbrella has always looked to the sky with hope, but never saw the sunshine 

The strength of aphorism  – in its banality

Old age – it is a combination of feelings of weakness, powerlessness, and stupidity

Life is … what it is …

He was a famous poet … but unfortunately he was known only to himself

Do not pull yourself up by the hair – such attempt to take-off, in a flight of creativity,  leads to premature baldness.

Reptiles can not write poems about love – this activity interferes with their coolness

Moving clock’s arrows back is much nicer than forward …
Even for an hour …

Doctors are trying to save people from pain, while poets are trying to cause it

Lobotomy – this is not the best way to treat the syndrome of “split mind”

“The fundamental question of philosophy” in relation to love (between man and woman) is formulated as:

“What comes first – spiritual affinity or physical intimacy?”

It would be helpful if during the marriage, the judge would  inform newly wedded – spouses about all the possible harmful side effects

Why they are not selling insurance from an unhappy love affair?

The spiritual food of poor quality poisons the soul

Lunatic – a person for whom there is no place in the sun

If  one can’t disentangle a node of the marital relationship, follow the example the Alexander of Macedon,

– cut this knot with the sword – the sword of Themis

The prostitute pays for all by love

Sisyphus was working on a calling -  he was building the pyramids

According to Verdi’s opera, Hades – is somewhere in Ethiopia …

Do I need to give “tips” to Charon?

According to the opinion of the Fire Department employees,  Prometheus was chained to the rock too late.

Explanations are many … – But the essence is one

The thought – this is the last thread that connects people with life

If man could overcome himself, then he could live in peace with self …
However, in the scrum with self -  the man is always left defeated.

Some ask questions to find out more,  others -  in order to be recognized.

Poets can’t read other people’s poems for a long time – it makes them sick to read the bad ones, and by

reading a few good lines – begins a painful reaction of rejection.

Thoughts come and go, but aphorisms remain.

When one looks into the eyes of a dead person – he experiences a feeling of guilt,
that is why  the eyes of deceased’s get closed.

If you possess the gift of guessing the thoughts of others – is it legal to publish them?

When you can not or do not want to say something good – be quiet

The popularity is ruining by breaking into pieces.

Among the majority the genius dies at birth, in a minority  – it survives.

All die by vocation

Genius is an atavism

Deep thought – like water in the sea: some drown in it, others float on the surface

If the talent comes from God, why do they say: “He’s damn talented”?

Every doctrine has its limit

A liar cannot summon to answer for his actions another liar in the court
If he sells the lie to him as the truth, and the other pays him back using the counterfeit coin 

A labor of thought gives rise to the wisdom of minds
A labor of love is crowned by the faithfulness

Regularity and Randomness – these are two phenomena, the existence and interaction of which obeys the Law of Dialectics – “About The Unity and Struggle Of Opposites”

The best way to hide dictator’s baldness  – is to cover it under the king’s crown

Deadly cold is the heavy hangover of the old age

Happiness is a welcome guest but calamity comes without invitation

As children we rush time, while in the old age the time is hurrying us

Do you regret or feel bad that you preyed upon someone who was weaker than you?

Do you feel you conditioned yourself and worked yourself up to the capability and callousness to be able to take a life and enjoy it? ( over a period of time through mental thoughts and what not? )

What would you like to change in your upbringing that might have prevented the incident?

So far, do you feel like you can have a life worth living, in prison, for the next 30 years?

Do you feel like a victim yourself, along with Elizabeth?

What is your fondest memory of Elizabeth?

Were you left alone, by yourself, too much?

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CONFUCIUS QUOTES
Confucius (551 B.C. – 479 B.C.)
ancient Chinese philosopher

Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

The inner nature of man is the province of music.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Sincerity is the way of heaven.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with virtue.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Virtue is more to a man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do no harm, and does not refrain from them. Hence, his wickedness becomes so great that it cannot be concealed, and his guilt so great that it cannot be pardoned.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

By the ruler’s cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

He who keeps danger in mind will rest safely in his seat.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Have no friends not equal to yourself.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.
CONFUCIUS, The Wisdom of Confucius

Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.
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Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.

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                              BIRD'S NEST SOUP

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 Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Chinese                          Soups/stews

   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    3 1/2   oz           (approx) dried bird’s nest
    6       c            Rich chicken stock for soup
    1       lg           Chicken breast
    2       tb           Cornstarch
    2       tb           Rich chicken stock for paste
    1       tb           Dry sherry
      1/4   c            Rich chicken stock
    2                    Egg whites
    1       t            Salt
    2                    Green onions, minced
    1       tb           Minced Smithfield ham
 
   Preparation:  Soak bird’s nest in cold water
   overnight. Drain and rinse. Spread softened nest
   pieces on plate; pick out prominent pieces of
   “foreign” matter (e.g. feathers, twigs) with tweezers.
   Debone chicken breast, remove membrane and muscle
   fiber, pound meat with cleaver handle to break down
   tissue, mince chicken until it is pulp. Make medium
   thick paste with cornstarch and chicken stock.

   Cooking:  Bring rich chicken stock for soup to boil.
   Immediately add bird’s nest; simmer 30 minutes. Mix
   dry sherry and remaining stock; dribble slowly into
   minced chicken. Lightly beat egg whites with a fork;
   fold gently into chicken so they are not completely
   blended. Add salt to soup. Bring soup back to boil and
   add chicken mixture slowly so soup does not cool. When
   soup returns to boil, it is ready to serve. You can
   hold it at this point on low heat. Pour into serving
   bowl, garnish with green onions and ham.
  

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