I was just thinking about what we've been talking about it English. We read a portion of Ben Franklin's autobiography, in which he gives a plan for achieving moral perfection
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..I dunno. Either a friend playing a joke or a spammer. you can always delete it. *shrug*
as for your actual post.. It's always a huge temptation for people who have proven through their work that they posess great knowlege and the ability to comprehend and gather insight into things to assume that they know more than they really do, on many topics. Franklin was indeed brilliant, and even a philospher in his own right. Human moral shtuff wasn't really his strong point.
Cool guy nevertheless. Read some of his political shtuffs some time, if you feel the random urge to read musty old informative texts. Interesting, and kinda funny if you look at them from the right angle. also, a short book complied by some historian-comic type person of his sayings and essays that's worthwhile: Fart Proudly. ..I kid you not.
Spousal abuse.. :P You need to meet Molly, too. I think you'd get along. once you got past the initial shock.
well, yeaaah. but since when did the wives/husbands ever get along when they were married to the "genius of the century?" Let's think.. Shakespeare's wife ann received the second best bed in his will. Einstein was married numerous times, none of them turning out well.. etc etc.
nora has a wonderful voice. tis perfect. She's going to be famous one day. and she better buy that wonderful house on ocean drive with the infinity pool so I can come visit in all my starving artist ways and just kinda. erm. camp out in the backyard. or something. ..erm.
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as for your actual post.. It's always a huge temptation for people who have proven through their work that they posess great knowlege and the ability to comprehend and gather insight into things to assume that they know more than they really do, on many topics. Franklin was indeed brilliant, and even a philospher in his own right. Human moral shtuff wasn't really his strong point.
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His Poor Richard's almanac is cool. We got to make up our own aphorisms, as pointless as it was. It was fun.
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well, his theory was that if you must do a deed, then do it with pride, and no one will be the wiser, and perhaps even respect you for it.
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Like, he had a bell that would ring whenever lightning stuck his lightning rod....his wife didn't like that much XD
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well, yeaaah. but since when did the wives/husbands ever get along when they were married to the "genius of the century?" Let's think.. Shakespeare's wife ann received the second best bed in his will. Einstein was married numerous times, none of them turning out well.. etc etc.
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heee.. we were singing and playing musicals with da piano. my voice couldn't handle it, but I had fun anyway.
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..erm.
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