This came from the A Word A Day mailing list for yesterday:
"If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning, etc., beginning from his youth and so go on to old age, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last!"
-Jonathan Swift, satirist (1667-1745)
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2 comments:
I love this kind of quote! Uncle Henry, I've noticed that you are really good at that sort of thing--picking out applicable quotes. I didn't realize you all had a blog! I love hearing from you, thanks for keeping up with me!!!
What a great (and accurate) quote! I keep thinking about this as I blog, because blogging keeps a pretty good record of those inconsistencies, I think! Maybe it helps keep us true to our convictions, to have that record out there, holding us publicly accountable. (I do wonder sometimes though, if it makes it tougher to see when a change of mind might be appropriate about something after you've already gone "on record" with a particular position.)
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