4 English - A Thought for Today - January 2025 Flashcards
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
01st January 2025
→ Be melting snow / Wash yourself of yourself.
- Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
2nd January 2025
→ I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers.
I’ll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it.
The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.
- Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (2 Jan 1920-1992)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
3rd January 2025
→ “The last word” is the most dangerous of infernal machines; and husband and wife should no more fight to get it than they would struggle for the possession of a lighted bomb-shell.
- Douglas William Jerrold, playwright and humorist (3 Jan 1803-1857)
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04th January 2025
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
08th January 2025
A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn’t enough merely to make money. He feels obliged to hold views, to espouse causes and elect Presidents, to explain to a trembling world how and why the world went wrong.
- Lewis H. Lapham, editor and writer (8 Jan 1935-2024)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
09th January 2025
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.
- Joan Baez, musician (b. 9 Jan 1941)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
10th January 2025
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
- Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton), historian
(10 Jan 1834-1902)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
11th January 2025
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
- Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton), historian
(10 Jan 1834-1902)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
12th January 2025
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
- Hermann Göring, Nαzi military leader (12 Jan 1893-1946)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
13th January 2025
To move freely you must be deeply rooted.
- Bella Lewitzky, dancer (13 Jan 1916-2004)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
14th January 2025
When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.
- Jane Welsh Carlyle, letter writer (14 Jan 1801-1866)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
15th January 2025
It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Moliere, actor and playwright (15 Jan 1622-1673)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
16th January 2025
Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, /
Who loved thee so fondly as he? /
He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, /
And joined in thy innocent glee. -
Margaret Courtney, poet (1822-1862)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
17th January 2025
If you or your parents are immigrants, know that you are part of a proud American tradition – the infusion of new cultures, talents and ideas, generation after generation, that has made us the greatest country on earth.
- Michelle Obama, lawyer, former first lady of the US (b. 17 Jan 1964)
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18th January 2025
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20th January 2025
Maybe every other American movie shouldn’t be based on a comic book. Other countries will think Americans live in an infantile fantasy land where reality is whatever we say it is and every problem can be solved with violence.
-Bill Maher, comedian, actor, and writer (b. 20 Jan 1956)
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