Monday, December 26, 2011

Work, Excuses, Patriotism

Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
~ George Washington (1732 - 1799), letter to his niece Harriet Washington

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.
~ Julian Barnes (Flaubert's Parrot)

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