FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Wars are made to make debt.

-Ezra Pound, American poet (1885-1972)

TODAY'S WORD

SERPENTINE

1. Of or resembbling a serpent (as in form or movement)

2. Subtly wily or tempting

3. A winding or turning one way and another

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

-Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)

TODAY'S WORD

PLUTOCRACY
1. A government in which the wealthy class rules.

2. A class ruling by virtue of its wealth.

TODAY'S WORD

CREWEL

A worsted yarn for embroidery and edging.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Know hows to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

-Plutarch, Greek philosopher (46-120 AD)

TODAY'S WORD

EQUANIMITY

Composure under strain; eveness.

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

VEIN- One of the branch vessels conveying blood to the heart.

VAIN- Excessively proud of or conceited about one's own
appearance or achievements.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

-T.S. Eliot, English poet (1888-1965)

TODAY'S WORD

LICENCE also LICENSE

Permission to act; freedom of action

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

That which we obtain too easily,
we esteem too lightly.

-Thomas Paine, English writer (1737-1809)

TODAY'S WORD

ICTUS

The recurring series or beat in a rhythmic or metrical
series of sounds.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security
will deserve neither and lose both.

-Benjamin Franlin, American politician (1706-1790)


These are wise words from one of the founding fathers of our nation. Something to consider in these troubling times.

TODAY'S WORD

NEO- prefix

New, recent (ex. neogene)

New and different period or form of in a new and different form or manner.

new and abnormal (ex. neoplasm)

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT SPELLING

principal heart weight
principle hart wait

roll route tier
role root tear

mail waste break
male waist brake

soul tea minor
sole tee miner

shoe dye pail
shoo die pale

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives
that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer
an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world,
in all periods of time.

-Louis L'Amour, American author (1908-1988)

TODAY'S WORD

GREGARIOUS

Tending to associate with others of one kind.

Marked by or indicating a liking for companionship: sociable

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

- Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

TODAY'S WORD

MINIMALIST

1. One who favors restricting the functions and powers of a political organization on the achievement of a set of goals to
a minimum.

2. A minimal artist: adherent of minimalism

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it,
blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches;
for the Creator, there is no poverty.

-Ranier Maria Rilkie, German poet (1875-1926)