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Cicero's "Six Mistakes of Man":
1) The delusion that individual advancement is made by crushing others
2) The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected
3) Insisting that a thing is impossible because we ourselves cannot accomplish it
4) Refusing to set aside trivial differences
5) Neglecting development and refinement of mind, and not acquiring habits of reading and studying
6) Attempting to compel other people to believe and live as we do




Which is your favorite mistake?
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6


  

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Re: Doubles

Date: 2005-12-12 09:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enchanted-pants.livejournal.com
I don't make mistakes. I am infallable.

Re: Doubles

Date: 2005-12-12 10:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jatchwa.livejournal.com
"The delusion that individual advancement is made by crushing others" was summarized well by the main character in Mean Girls (http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/mean-girls-movie-transcript.html), who noted:

- Calling somebody else fat won't make you any skinnier.
- Calling someone stupid doesn't make you any smarter.
- And ruining Regina George's life definitely didn't make me any happier.

The Plastics

Date: 2005-12-13 03:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] village-twins.livejournal.com
Cady Heron knows what she's talking about:

"Regina George may seem like your typical selfish, back-stabbing, slut-faced ho-bag. But in reality, she is so much more than that."

Re: Doubles

Date: 2005-12-13 02:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enchanted-pants.livejournal.com
Oops. I mean "infallible."

Re: Doubles

Date: 2005-12-13 06:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enchanted-pants.livejournal.com
Not to mention somewhat ironic.

Re: Doubles

Date: 2005-12-13 06:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enchanted-pants.livejournal.com
Incidentally, it was my mom who caught my spelling mistake.

Re: Doubles

Date: 2005-12-13 06:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enchanted-pants.livejournal.com
Ergo: Mom is infallible.

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