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Sunday, January 1, 2017

Happy New Year! Some words of wisdom from 1755 to 2017.

In the year 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote some advice still worth following in 2017: 

"Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New-Year find you a better Man." 

Happy New Year words of wisdom.

I would change this quote to be gender-neutral, by substituting the word person for the word man at the end of the sentence. I can find no other fault with these wise words. 

Happy New Year. Wishing you peace, happiness, and health in 2017.

7 comments:

  1. Elephant's ChildJanuary 1, 2017 at 11:45 AM

    Agreed.
    A very healthy happy New Year to you and yours.

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  2. RiverJanuary 1, 2017 at 9:25 PM

    I've never heard that quote before; I like it.
    Happy (peaceful) New Year.

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  3. Karen PerryJanuary 2, 2017 at 11:15 AM

    Wishing you and your family abundant good health and joy in the New Year.
    We're looking forward to celebrating our senior swimmers this weekend!

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  4. RenaJanuary 3, 2017 at 1:25 PM

    Wishing you a terrific year Susan!

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  5. LanaJanuary 11, 2017 at 11:18 PM

    I've been thinking about you a lot. Hope 2017 is wonderful for you and your family!

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  6. Geo.February 25, 2017 at 1:18 AM

    Best wishes to you for this new year!

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  7. JimyDecember 27, 2017 at 11:56 AM

    I loved going through this post. I liked the key line that is peace around and be a better person every new year.Thank you for sharing this wonderful post with all of us.

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