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Show Some Class, Cut the Crass
Intellectual Takeout ^ | February 27, 2025 | Jeff Minick

Posted on 03/23/2025 7:04:15 AM PDT by DoodleBob

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To: DoodleBob; Racehorse
What are traditional values?

Benjamin Franklin

Posted on 02/27/2005 9:27:49 AM PST by Racehorse

A little while ago someone posted an excerpt from Colin McNickle's opinion piece: Conservatives Abandoning Their Principles. Somehow, by some twisted associative thinking while reading the article, I drifted from fiscal values to what, really, are our traditional values.

Then, I remembered The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin wherein the sometimes rakish Franklin performed all the hard work of listing what I believe are our core traditional values.

Can you add something to his list of virtues? Since his list focuses on personal virtue, I can think of a few which would extend to family, community, country.

1. TEMPERANCE.
Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.

2. SILENCE.
Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

3. ORDER.
Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

4. RESOLUTION.
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

5. FRUGALITY.
Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing.

6. INDUSTRY.
Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.

7. SINCERITY.
Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

8. JUSTICE.
Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.

9. MODERATION.
Avoid extreams; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

10. CLEANLINESS.
Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation.

11. TRANQUILLITY.
Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

12. CHASTITY.
Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dulness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.

13. HUMILITY.
Imitate Jesus and Socrates.


61 posted on 03/24/2025 3:25:49 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Danie_2023

The young people I have referred to it like it.


62 posted on 03/24/2025 4:40:32 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Danie_2023

The young people I have referred to it like it.


63 posted on 03/24/2025 4:40:34 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: linMcHlp

Whatever, I’m better than all of you.


64 posted on 03/24/2025 4:51:57 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Chickensoup

“”The young people I have referred to it like it.””

Well what do I know? lol I’m not young, but I will check it out. Thanks.


65 posted on 03/24/2025 9:06:28 AM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: Ezekiel

15’s my limit on puns


66 posted on 03/24/2025 9:18:27 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

15’s my limit on puns<<<

That’s rather clever. U Jewish? Because if U make the leap to 16, that’s where U really can spell “יו” —

https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/U


67 posted on 03/24/2025 9:36:36 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Ezekiel

Hebrew U?
Does that come before or after chai (חי)?


68 posted on 03/24/2025 9:42:28 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

🤔 —

טז comes before חי, but also after.

יו comes before חי, but also after.

Good thing I don’t jump to conclusions about anything!

Then to really babble things up, the SS United States is known as the “Big U”.


69 posted on 03/24/2025 10:01:46 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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