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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 31, 2023
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023
Noctabmulist – N. – Sleepwalker
January 1, 2024
Fortnight – N. – two weeks – 14 days/nights
January 2, 2024
Soiree – N. – Evening party
January 3, 2024
Circadian – Adj. – In 24 hour cycles
January 4, 2024
Ides – N. – Mid-month days
January 5, 2024
Adjourn – V. – Call it a day, break from or end current activity or meeting.
January 6, 2024
Curfew – N. – Restriction at night.
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 31, 2023
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot.
January 1, 2024
When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
January 2, 2024
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
January 3, 2024
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
January 4, 2024
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.
January 5, 2024
Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.
January 6, 2024
Being poor is only romantic in books.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 31, 2023
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 31, 2023
December 31, 2023
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.” – Lombardi
January 1, 2024
“Be at war with your vices, at peach with your neighbours, and let every New Year find you a better man.” – Franklin
January 2, 2024
“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.” – Gandhi
January 3, 2024
“Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.” – Dalai Lama
January 4, 2024
“It’s beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.” – Wilde
January 5, 2024
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.” – Marcus Aurelius
January 6, 2024
“Everyone may not be good, but there’s always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.” – Wilde
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 24, 2023
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 24, 2023
December 24, 2023
Atrphy – V. – Waste away
December 25, 2023
Knavish – Adj. – Deceitful or dishonest
December 26, 2023
Legalese – N. – Legal language
December 27, 2023
Patriarch – N. – A father figure
December 28, 2023
Obsolescent – Adj. – Going out of use
December 29, 2023
Solarium – N. – Sunroom
December 30, 2023
Per Diem – Adv. – Daily
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 24, 2023
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 24, 2023
December 24, 2023
Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.
December 25, 2023
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
December 26, 2023
What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it from happening again.
December 27, 2023
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
December 28, 2023
When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
December 29, 2023
Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.
December 30, 2023
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 24, 2023
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 24, 2023
December 24, 2023
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Twain
December 25, 2023
“The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither.” – Confucius
December 26, 2023
“Be hard on yourself, easy on others.” – Al-Shafi‘i
December 27, 2023
“Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.” – Hemingway
December 28, 2023
“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” – Twain
December 29, 2023
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Twain
December 30, 2023
“Your children need your presence more than your presents.” – Jackson
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 17, 2023
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023
Ovoid – Adj. – Egg-shaped
December 18, 2023
Deify – V. – Treat as a god
December 19, 2023
Perspicacious – Adj. – Relating to acute mental vision
December 20, 2023
Indigenous – Adj. – Native
December 21, 2023
Herbicide – N. – An agent used to hill or inhibit plant growth
December 22, 2023
Pachyderm – N. – An elephant
December 23, 2023
Kafkaesque – Adj. – Nightmarishly complex
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 17, 2023
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.
December 18, 2023
True wisdom lies in one’s confession about the limits of one’s knowledge.
December 19, 2023
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
December 20, 2023
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity.
December 21, 2023
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
December 22, 2023
You’re going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don’t do. You don’t get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you’re going to take. That’s it.
December 23, 2023
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 17, 2023
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023
“Silence is the best response to a fool.” – Browning
December 18, 2023
“There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.” – Socrates
December 19, 2023
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Kierkegaard
December 20, 2023
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – Churchill
December 21, 2023
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – Adams
December 22, 2023
“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” – Aristotle
December 23, 2023
“Well done, is better than well said.” – Franklin
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 10, 2023
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of December 10, 2023
December 10, 2023
Charcuterie – N. – Deli specializing in meats
December 11, 2023
Estaminet – N. – Small cafe
December 12, 2023
Chaffer – V. Haggle
December 13, 2023
Defray – V. – Provide payment for
December 14, 2023
Monger – N. – Broker or dealer
December 15, 2023
Cryptology – N. – Study of codes and ciphers
December 16, 2023
Empathetic – Adj. – Showing understanding and/or sensitivity
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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.