Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Monday, January 01, 2007
Virtues
VIRTUES, n. pl. Certain abstentions.
2007 Update: Sobriety at dawn, gravity at noon and diligence in the dark of night. The qualities of spirit characterizing a successful thief or a fallen priest.
Happy New Year, to you, Penguin and may it be an adventure. "And you, sky, can rain as much as you please!" -Nikos Kazantzakis
Thanks, Al. I've tried to make a habit of dating these right. Sharp eye.
TLP, even loners have temptations. All those children to try and not eat. "I prayed 'God, grant me chastity and continence but not yet.'" - The Confessions of Augustine of Hippo.
Frohes Neues Jahr, Hapy New Year and Gledilegt Nytt Ar...
ReplyDeleteThat´s all I´ve got so far.
I hope you had a wonderful start into the New Year, big guy!
Oh and also: Penguin, Penguin! ;)
ReplyDeletevirtues,n. those that are desperately searched for shortly after midnight on the 31st, quickly found and easily abandoned, say by January 15th :)
I don´t have any resolutions this year...except to dare, embrace and accept!
may 2007 bring whatever you need most!
Great two thousand SEVEN (ahem)update, Doug! (It'll be March before I get that consistently right on my checks.)
ReplyDeleteVirtues: The seven habbits of highly effective self-help book authors.
Virtues, : what you have if you are so unlucky as to not have good temptations.
ReplyDeleteWe all wish to have virtues, but not too many, and not too often.
Happy New Year, to you, Penguin and may it be an adventure. "And you, sky, can rain as much as you please!" -Nikos Kazantzakis
ReplyDeleteThanks, Al. I've tried to make a habit of dating these right. Sharp eye.
TLP, even loners have temptations. All those children to try and not eat. "I prayed 'God, grant me chastity and continence but not yet.'" - The Confessions of Augustine of Hippo.
Good morning Doug and everyone!
ReplyDeleteVirtues: Ancient mores that due to inflation, are only available in scratch off tickets.
virtues like opposing poles on magnets, those things which both repel and attract us to others
ReplyDelete"What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy." ~Voltaire
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Doug... one more year of struggle, then, if i read that right, you'll be virtuous by default.
Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction. Natalie Clifford Barney
ReplyDeleteRabbit, rabbit, and Happy New Year, Doug, and it's a virtue to be working the blog on a holiday!
VIRTUES, n. pl. The paper handkerchiefs of the self-righteous.
ReplyDeleteRabbit, rabbit? Hare, hare!!
Wonder what the bunnies and their customers shouted at midnight last night ...
:P
The four classic Western cardinal virtues are:
ReplyDeletetemperance : σωφροσύνη (sōphrosynē)
prudence : φρόνησις (phronēsis)
courage : ἀνδρεία (andreia)
justice : δικαιοσύνη (dikaiosynē)
The virtue of Wikipedia: ēthikē aretē("habitual excellence").
Happy New Year, Doug! Rabbit, Rabbit! xoxo
Well OC, this bunny, by virtue of being asleep, said nothing.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteRabbit Rabbit,
and all that jazz.
Virtues, huh, I like the Winston Churchill take on it.
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
Brian, that's pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteQuill, I'm pretty virtue neutral, myself.
Puppybrose, you caught the early-onset part, right?
Rabbit, Rabbit and Happy New Year to you, Actonbell. Barney might be right, its hard to imagine what other compensation they might apply for.
OC, that was poetic. For some reason it reminds me of The Lonesome Death of Hattie McCarrol
Mireille, in other words, Shy, Sleepy, Grumpy and Doc.
Brian, this Dawg was asleep by midnight your time.
Logo, Winston Churchill was a sterling curmudgeon. The Devil rest his soul.
Happy New Year and Rabbit Rabbit to a virtuous curmudgeon.
ReplyDeleteVirtues: Vices in moderation.
ReplyDeleteVirtue? I'm full of it.
ReplyDeleteOh and Happy New Year, Rabbit, Rabbit, Penguin, Penguin, etcetera, etcetera!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kyah. To you, too.
ReplyDeleteSquaregirl, that's a good definition. Happy New Year.
True, Jenna. Very true.
Habits of ideal belief and action best worn inside out.
ReplyDeleteRabbit, rabbit! Happy New Year, Doug!
ReplyDeleteVirtues: Just ask Bennett.
Oh by the way, Doug. You did know that the scientific name of the gorilla is Gorilla gorilla. Didn't you?
ReplyDelete(Actually, it's Gorilla gorilla gorilla. Except when it's Magilla Gorilla. Had enough of these monkeyshines yet? :P)
Mouse Mouse! Hog Hog! Giraffe Giraffe!
ReplyDeleteAren't virtues kind of like the Beatitudes?
Happy 2007!!
May you be healthy, wealthy, and wise.
virtues - Vices from the wrong side of the tracks.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year your Doughship.
yeesh. guess i forgot my manners and/or the "order of the day/week/month/year" around here:
ReplyDeleteHappy Happy, Rabbit Rabbit and/or Hase Hase, Gorilla Gorilla, Penguin Penguin, Bow Wow. (did i leave anything out? doesn't matter 'cuz i don't care.)
as for virture? i agree with Ts'ai Ken T'an: "Water which is too pure has no fish."
i mean, i may be a vegetarian, but i *do* like fish.
Virtues: Going out New Years Eve and being awake early enough in the morning to not watch The Rose Bowl Parade as you chose to write
ReplyDeleteViirtues: Defines the dawg Doug
CA, it's important that the neighbors know your brand and washing instructions.
ReplyDeleteAral, I'll ask him next time at the casino.
I did not know that, OC, although I did know the american buffalo was Bison bison so I'm smartish.
Blessed are the chocolate-covered Jamie Dawn.
Happy New Year, to you, your Omnipotence.
Puppybrose, that would be a great confoundment to W.C. Fields, I guess.
Pia, I'm pleased to say I've never watched the Rose Parade and I work two miles away.
Virtues: evidenced in the old song "You've gotta be cruel to be kind". You can't be too good without being a little bad.
ReplyDeleteHappy Happy Rabbit Rabbit!
Tibbar, Tibbar - been away for a bit but nice to see you in rare form as usual. Happy New Year greetings to you.
ReplyDelete"A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue."
- Following the Equator -Mark Twain
virtues: eh one out of three ain't b ad.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Doug.
G, that's my excuse, too. Bless Nick Lowe.
ReplyDeleteWell, welcome back, Terry. The waiting period's gotten shorter since Twain, I think.
Alice, depending on which one it can be one too may. Happy New Year to you.
Virtues..
ReplyDeleteIdeals for those who have them
Arrogance for those who don't.
Happy New Year Doug.
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Happy New Year! (from one who grew up in the same house as Quilly!)
ReplyDeleteGood definition, Sarah. I can't get into your blog to wish you a Happy New Year but I wish you one anyway.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Jackie. May the next one be as entertaining as the first one.
Virtues: Lies you have managed to pull off publicly.
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