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Benjamin Franklin

Hide not your talents

Hide not your talents

23rd June, 2014 By Israel

“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?” – Benjamin Franklin Interesting use of rhyme, Mr Franklin. Also, an interesting use of the notion of applied purpose. A sundial in the shade is a lovely ornament but, aesthetics aside, it remains fundamentally useless. We often “hide out” in […]

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Energy and persistence

Energy and persistence

22nd September, 2013 By Israel

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin I spent about 8 or 9 hours yesterday fighting with fixing a computer. My sister-in-law works for me, and between the two of us, we have had NO END of computer problems for the past month. Website hacks, hard disk failures, inexplicable and unrecoverable crashes, you name […]

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