Deep Thought Sunday

Hemlock (Photo credit: John Tann)

As I seem incapable of deep thoughts, or at the moment any kind of coherent thoughts, I thought I might call on Socrates to keep my place in the blog post line today. Since wisdom seemed to be his middle name, here are a few of the wise guy’s words:

“The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”

You would have thought he would have seen that hemlock thing coming.

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on June 30, 2013 at 4:24 pm Comments (22)
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On June 30, 2013 at 6:48 pm Kathy said:

Sorry~~I had to laugh. He should have seen that hemlock coming! Good one, LouAnn.

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- On June 30, 2013 at 8:38 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  thanks Kathy — being wise does you no good if you can’t predict the future
  
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On June 30, 2013 at 8:03 pm Claire 'Word by Word' said:

Always good to share the thoughts of others 🙂 Thanks for this one!

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- On June 30, 2013 at 8:39 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  sometimes they speak when we have nothing to say
  
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On June 30, 2013 at 9:05 pm Choc Chip Uru said:

Haha when in doubt turn to Socrates 😀

Cheers
CCU

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- On July 1, 2013 at 12:10 am on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  just don’t have a drink with him!
  
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On June 30, 2013 at 10:23 pm eclectic faerie said:

heh heh that’s great!

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- On July 1, 2013 at 12:10 am on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  🙂
  
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On July 1, 2013 at 1:32 am writerwannabe763 said:

Well I guess he learned something from it… equals knowledge… ?? Diane

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- On July 1, 2013 at 9:15 am on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  that is called learning the hard way!
  
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On July 1, 2013 at 3:04 am petspeopleandlife said:

Such a good response to Socrates quote. Made my day for awhile. I didn’t need to do any deep thinking on this post. It spoke for itself with a litte wit from you.

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- On July 1, 2013 at 9:15 am on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  🙂
  
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On July 1, 2013 at 8:54 am valeriedavies said:

I shocked a herb group I briefly joined by telling them I was interested in growing hemlock so I had a good supply when I needed it in a few years!!!

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- On July 1, 2013 at 9:17 am on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  ha ha ha ha — good girl!
  
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On July 1, 2013 at 9:08 am TBM said:

Is it wrong to laugh at that joke? Poor Socrates.

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- On July 1, 2013 at 9:17 am on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  no it is not wrong
  
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On July 1, 2013 at 12:42 pm Mary MacKay said:

Poor guy was humiliated for his ideas and drank the hemlock as a way out. If I had a hemlock for every time that’s happened to me….
Mary

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- On July 1, 2013 at 1:22 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  I am glad I don’t — I did not know he drank it voluntarily–I thought he was forced to drink it
  
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On July 1, 2013 at 1:26 pm dorannrule said:

Hahahaha! An awesome quote, but I love your “wise-guy” reference even more. 🙂

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- On July 1, 2013 at 1:27 pm on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  🙂
  
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On July 2, 2013 at 3:24 am livingsimplyfree said:

Thanks for the chuckle.

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- On July 2, 2013 at 11:55 am on thehomefrontandbeyond said:
  
  you are welcome!
  
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