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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 23, 2020
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 23, 2020
August 23, 2020
Nadir – n. – the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or displair.
August 24, 2020
Erudition – n. – scholarly knowledge gained through extensive learning, research and scholarship.
August 25, 2020
Schlemiel – n. – an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
August 26, 2020
Prima facie – adj. – plain or clear; self-evident; obvious
August 27, 2020
Sanguine – adj. – optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
August 28, 2020
Concord – n. – an agreement of concensus or harmony between states, people or groups.
August 29, 2020
Superfluous – adj. – more than enough; unneccessary.
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 23, 2020
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 23, 2020
August 23, 2020
When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
August 24, 2020
A minute’s success pays the failure of years.
August 25, 2020
When a business goes wrong, look only to the people who are running it.
August 26, 2020
Positive direction can have far reaching effects.
August 27, 2020
If you aren’t afraid to fail then you’re probably to afraid to succeed.
August 28, 2020
In a crowded room, you only have to see one inch above everyone else to notice things that others will miss.
August 29, 2020
There are two kinds of forecasters: Those who don’t know and those who don’t know they don’t know.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 23, 2020
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 23, 2020
August 23, 2020
“Depend upon yourself. Make your judegment trustworthy by trusting it.” – Confucius
August 24, 2020
“To speak and to speak well, are two different things. A fool may talk, but a wise person speaks.” – Montessori
August 25, 2020
“Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can’t sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can’t sleep with the window open.” – Markey
August 26, 2020
“It is difficult to get a person to understand something when their salary depends on them not understanding it.” – Krishnamurti
August 27, 2020
“A person who wants to lead the orchestra must first turn their back on the crowd.” – Anon
August 28, 2020
“A person of personality can formulate ideals, but only a person of character can achieve them.” – Devi
August 29, 2020
“Better is a little with content than much with contention.” – Franklin
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 16, 2020
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 16, 2020
August 16, 2020
Splore – n. – a frolic, revel, carousal
August 17, 2020
Impertinent – adj. – being rude and impolite, ill-mannered and disrespectful
August 18, 2020
Vulnerary – adj. – used to promote the healing of wounds, as herbs or other remedies
August 19, 2020
Foison – n. – abundance or plenty
August 20, 2020
Bastion – n. – anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality or condition.
August 21, 2020
Stupendous – adj. – something that is impressive, extra-ordinary, remarkable
August 22, 2020
Sanctimonious – adv. – pretending to be morrally better than other people.
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 16, 2020
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 16, 2020
August 16, 2020
Observe others for their virtues, yourself for your vices.
August 17, 2020
Observe all people, yourself most.
August 18, 2020
Failing is good as long as it doesn’t become a habit.
August 19, 2020
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. The quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
August 20, 2020
Honorable errors do not count as failures but as seeds for progress.
August 21, 2020
Lemons ripen faster than cherries.
August 22, 2020
For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 16, 2020
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 16, 2020
August 16, 2020
“The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors.” – Keller
August 17, 2020
“Every person is guilty of all the good they did not do.” – Plato
August 18, 2020
“Man gives you the award, but God gives you the reward.” – Aristotle
August 19, 2020
“The discontented man finds no easy chair.” – Franklin
August 20, 2020
“This is the very perfection of man, to find out his own imperfections.” – Carver
August 21, 2020
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” – Annan
August 22, 2020
“Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life.” – Durant
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 9, 2020
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 9, 2020
August 9, 2020
Circadian – adj. – characterized by a 24-hour cycle
August 10, 2020
Logy – adj. – lacking physical or mental energy
August 11, 2020
Canting – adj. – affectedly or hypocritically pious or righteous.
August 12, 2020
Betwixt – adv. – between/
August 13, 2020
Didactic – adj. – designed or intended to teach people something.
August 14, 2020
Auld lang syne – n. – old times, especially times fondly remembered.
August 15, 2020
Kerflooey – adv. – go kerflooey, to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 9, 2020
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 9, 2020
August 9, 2020
The rotten apple spoils his companion.
August 10, 2020
Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it could be a great one.
August 11, 2020
Men and melons are hard to know.
August 12, 2020
A quarrelsome person has no good neighbors.
August 13, 2020
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
August 14, 2020
Genious without education is like silver in the mine.
August 15, 2020
Wing at small faults – remember, you have great ones.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 9, 2020
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 9, 2020
August 9, 2020
“The royal road to a person’s heart is to talk with them about the things they treasure most.” – MLK
August 10, 2020
“A person who has no imagination has no wings.” – Eliot
August 11, 2020
“It takes a smart person to play dumb.” – France
August 12, 2020
“No person ever got very high by pulling other people down.” – Keller
August 13, 2020
“Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.” – Franklin
August 14, 2020
“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.” – Carver
August 15, 2020
“God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in the animals and thinks in man.” – Aristotle
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 2, 2020
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 2, 2020
August 2, 2020
Paramnesia – n. – a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
August 3, 2020
August 4, 2020
Garrulous – adj. – someone who talks a lot especially on unimportant matters; exclusively talkative.
August 5, 2020
Frabjous – adj. – wonderful, elegant, superb
August 6, 2020
Valorous – adj. – courageous, valiant, brave.
August 7, 2020
Prattle – v. – to talk in a childish or foolish way for a long time often over the unimportant or meaningless.
August 8, 2020
Ineffable – adj. – utterly indescribably, too sacred to speak of
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Don Rima
Don Rima is an Information Systems consultant with over 30 years experience in Information Systems. His roles of responsibility have included programming, systems management and IT department management. He's also a technical editor and writer, does regular product reviews, is a very good cook, gardener and avid reader and writer. His sports interest include: the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Orioles, Clemson Tigers and Chelsea Football teams. The articles on this site are written to be correct, informative, laconic, provoke progressive thought, informative and sometimes make you laugh. They're not designed to be the writing of just another politically correct drone.