"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.” Confucius
“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.” Elbert Hubbard
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"Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel."
"This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." ...
It's hard ... very hard. COVID-19 is burning through communities & nations and we currently don't have a vaccine or other obvious medical protection against it. Interestingly age makes a difference. Older people ... like me (I'm due to be 70 in a couple of weeks time) ... are more at risk of bad outcomes if we catch the virus. And I bet...