Reading some of these posts makes my return bitter sweet. I wanted to post this in another thread, but thought it deserved a place of its own.

Many of you will read this...all of it is applicable, but #'s 1,2,4 and 6 require extra thought by many.

The Six Mistakes of Man

1) The illusion that personal gain is made up of crushing others.
2) The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
3) Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.
4) Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.
5) Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and study.
6) Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

– Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C. — 43 B.C.)

It's good to see you back!

I've said it a thousand times; what this forum needs is more Roman statesman quotes.

Mr. Flag, you're a class act and have been since my first day in the glitchy little digital skies of Dogfight.

I agree, but have not seen one Roman attorney reference made in this forum. If there were a thousand like Cicero, it would have never become what it has. In my time, I've seen less of what should be done as opposed to what is. It truly sickens me that pride and personalities are beyond principles here. It realy is sickening. People here would rather spend precious time me making a glorious comment rather then thinking about what's important. And that if we shed our desire for self importance, we'd discover that we'd become part of somthing greater than ourselves.

Sometimes its harder to not say something.

Black Flag wrote: I agree, but have not seen one Roman attorney reference made in this forum. If there were a thousand like Cicero, it would have never become what it has. In my time, I've seen less of what should be done as opposed to what is. It truly sickens me that pride and personalities are beyond principles here. It realy is sickening. People here would rather spend precious time me making a glorious comment rather then thinking about what's important. And that if we shed our desire for self importance, we'd discover that we'd become part of somthing greater than ourselves.

Sometimes its harder to not say something.

Sir Flag, it has been too long. Good to see you back.

*[M]VonHulk wrote:

Black Flag wrote: I agree, but have not seen one Roman attorney reference made in this forum. If there were a thousand like Cicero, it would have never become what it has. In my time, I've seen less of what should be done as opposed to what is. It truly sickens me that pride and personalities are beyond principles here. It realy is sickening. People here would rather spend precious time me making a glorious comment rather then thinking about what's important. And that if we shed our desire for self importance, we'd discover that we'd become part of somthing greater than ourselves.

Sometimes its harder to not say something.

Sir Flag, it has been too long. Good to see you back.

the first and original mistake was listening to eve and eating that apple.....

Good to see you back, how you been?

Thank you for the welcome back! It's nice to see you all as well!

Can this post get pinned?

It should.

These are the six items that I try to remind myself if everday.

I know these are second nature to some of you, but for others, like myself I need to remind myself each and every day.

I reckon if Marcus was around today he could add a couple dozen more!

Livingdead99 wrote: Good to see you back, how you been?

Always very good to see you LD. Things are well my old team mate! How have you been?!