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    Default How precious are words?

    Are some of them so valued or important that they should only be used sparingly, to maintain their value? Can we even spare enough words to have an actually intellegent conversation about them?

    If so who sets the standards? Where are all these words and their exact value listed?




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    huh?

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    ?

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    apparently not very precious?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Are some of them so valued or important that they should only be used sparingly, to maintain their value? Can we even spare enough words to have an actually intellegent conversation about them?

    If so who sets the standards? Where are all these words and their exact value listed?
    How much did you smoke, man?
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

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    Cool story, bro.
    "Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Zedong

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    How much did you smoke, man?
    Not the quantity, it is the quality.
    I don't suppose you could fix the title for me?




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    Quote Originally Posted by General Sherman View Post
    Cool story, bro.
    Not my story. Damocles told it.




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    Damo?




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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Damo?
    What?
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    - -- The Buddha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    What?
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    Calling out every mention of this is important as it has an effect of diluting the actual importance of the Holocaust. Drawing attention back to the actual importance of those actions is important so that it is not diluted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    What?
    LOL This is the most awesome thread up here right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    .
    Make sense, man!
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    - -- The Buddha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    Make sense, man!
    Playing dumb? My OP was clear enough. If something about it wasn't clear, let me know.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Playing dumb? My OP was clear enough. If something about it wasn't clear, let me know.
    Your quote of mine about something in another thread makes no sense when applied to your OP.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

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