DUmmy Sets Off Shrink's BS Meter

[JLO]

your shrink is tired of you wasting his time.  He knows you aren't honest and are only saying that crap to act human. Don't talk, just do it.

Quite sound advice, Gina 

[BlueStateSaint]

your shrink is tired of you wasting his time.  He knows you aren't honest and are only saying that crap to act human. Don't talk, just do it.

As one of the quotes in my signature block says, Esse quam videri.  Latin for, "Deeds, not words," IIRC.

[Big Dog]

As one of the quotes in my signature block says, Esse quam videri.  Latin for, "Deeds, not words," IIRC.

Very close in meaning, but the translation is "To be, rather than to seem to be".

From Cicero, "Rare is the man who prefers to be virtuous, rather than to appear so." Machiavelli reversed it, and said that a successful ruler would seem virtuous or strong, rather than actually being so.

[Dori]

Very close in meaning, but the translation is "To be, rather than to seem to be".

As my grandmother always said; "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".
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Of course that could mean something else.  Like the liberals phony altruistic policies for helping people, always seems to get them the  reverse result.

[BlueStateSaint]

Very close in meaning, but the translation is "To be, rather than to seem to be".

From Cicero, "Rare is the man who prefers to be virtuous, rather than to appear so." Machiavelli reversed it, and said that a successful ruler would seem virtuous or strong, rather than actually being so.

H5 for the assist.

[JohnnyReb]

How much "LACK OF PAYMENT" from Medicaid or a "junk" health insurance policy does it take for a shirk to be blunt and get right to the root of ones problems?

[Big Dog]

As my grandmother always said; "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".
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Of course that could mean something else.  Like the liberals phony altruistic policies for helping people, always seems to get them the  reverse result.

Think of it this way, Dori: It's better to be a good person and the world doesn't know it, than for everyone to think you are a good person, but to actually be bad.