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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 2h

A quotation from Sergio Leone > TUCO: If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working? **Sergio Leone** (1929–1989) Italian filmmaker _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_ (1966) [with L. Vincenzoni, A. Incrocci, F. Scarpelli, L. Vincenzoni, M. Knox] * * * More about this quote […]

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A quotation from Doyle > “The law cannot, as you say, touch you,” said Holmes, unlocking and throwing open the door, “yet there never was a man who deserved punishment more. If the young lady has a brother or a friend, he ought to lay a whip across your […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 3h

A quotation from Christine de Pizan > Do not let the bread of the hungry mildew in your larder! Do not let moths eat the poor man’s cloak. Do not store the shoes of the barefoot. Do not hoard the money of the needy. Things you possess in too great abundance belong to the poor and not to you […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 4h

A quotation from Mark Twain > Arguments have no chance against petrified training; they wear it as little as the waves wear a cliff. **Mark Twain** (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens] Novel (1889), _A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,_ Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost […]

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A quotation from La Bruyere > We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. > > _[L’on espère de vieillir, et l’on craint la vieillesse; c’est-à-dire l’on aime la vie, et l’on fuit la mort.]_ **Jean de La Bruyère** (1645–1696) French essayist […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll > Standing in the presence of the Unknown, all have the same right to think, and all are equally interested in the great question of origin and destiny. All I claim, all I plead for, is liberty of thought and expression. That is all. **Robert Green Ingersoll** […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Samuel Johnson > Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts the decency and regularity of former times, and celebrates the discipline and sobriety of […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld > We rarely find people sensible unless they agree with us. > > _[Nous ne trouvons guère de gens de bon sens, que ceux qui sont de notre avis.]_ **François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld** (1613–1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble _Réflexions ou […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Terry Pratchett > Gods are not very introspective. It has never been a survival trait. The ability to cajole, threaten and terrify has always worked well enough. When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Horace > Drink! O friends, stamp wild > Bare feet on the ground. > > _[Nunc est bibendum, nunc pede libero > pulsanda tellus.]_ **Horace** (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] _Odes [Carmina]_ , Book 1, # 37, l. 1ff (1.37.1-2) (23 […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Orwell > Four legs good, two legs bad. **George Orwell** (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair] _Animal Farm_ , ch. 3 (1945) * * * More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/20813/ #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Josh Billings > Q. — What do mankind gennerally take the most pride in? > A. — In sumthing their nabors haint got, nor kant git. > > [Q. — What do mankind generally take the most pride in? > A. — In something their neighbors ain’t got, nor can’t get.] **Josh Billings** […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Eric Hoffer > The awareness of their individual blemishes and shortcomings inclines the frustrated to detect ill will and meanness in their fellow men. Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Hemingway > No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it’s not you that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough. **Ernest Hemingway** (1899–1961) American writer Essay […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Ennius > He who plans death for his foe should know well that a like death is planned for himself to share in. > > _[Qui alteri exitium parat, > Eum scire oportet sibi paratam pestem ut participet parem.]_ **Ennius** (239–169 BC) Roman poet, writer [Quintus Ennius] _Hectoris […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Ben Franklin > Different Sects like different clocks, may be all near the matter, tho’ they don’t quite agree. **Benjamin Franklin** (1706–1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist _Poor Richard Improved_ (1749 ed.) * * * More about this quote […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Galileo > Let us grant then that theology is conversant with the loftiest divine contemplation, and occupies the regal throne among sciences by dignity but acquiring the highest authority in this way. If she does not descend to the lower and humbler speculations of the […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Baltasar Gracian > Recognize Faults, however high placed. Integrity cannot mistake vice even when clothed in brocade or perchance crowned with gold, but will not be able to hide its character for all that. Slavery does not lose its vileness, however it vaunt the nobility of its […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation (not) from Robert Anthony > When you blame others, you give up your power to change. **Robert Anthony** (contemp.) American psychologist, author (Spurious) * * * More about this quote: wist.info/anthony-robert/1466/ #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertanthony #blame #blaming […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Molly Ivins > Recognizing reality may not solve a problem. but it has to be the start of any solution. **Molly Ivins** (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins] Essay (2004-06), “Imperialists’ Ball,” _The Progressive_ magazine, Vol. 68, No. 6 * * * […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: Here’s the latest poll on your performance as Dad. Your approval rating is pretty low, I’m afraid. > CALVIN’S DAD: That’s because there’s not necessarily any connection between what’s good and what’s popular. I do […] [Original post on friendica.world]

Calvin & Hobbes (1994-02-10)

WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

A quotation from Emily Dickinson > To own a Susan of my own > Is of itself a Bliss — > Whatever Realm I forfeit, Lord, > Continue me in this! **Emily Dickinson** (1830–1886) American poet Poem (1877 ca.; publ. 1932), No. Fr1436 / J1401 * * * More about this quote […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce > FREETHINKER, _n._ A miscreant who wickedly refuses to look out of a priest’s eyes, and persists in looking into them with too searching a glance. **Ambrose Bierce** (1842–1914?) American writer and journalist “Freethinker,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

A quotation from Hannah Arendt > If everyone always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but that no one believes anything at all anymore — and rightly so, because lies, by their very nature, have to be changed, to be “re-lied,” so to speak. So a lying government which […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

A quotation from Euripides > CHORUS: You are neither the first nor the last of mortals > to lose a good wife. You have to learn > that death is a debt we all must pay. > > [ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: οὐ γάρ τι πρῶτος οὐδὲ λοίσθιος βροτῶν > γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἤμπλακες· γίγνωσκε δὲ > ὡς πᾶσιν ἡμῖν κατθανεῖν […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

A quotation from Herman J. Mankiewicz > BERNSTEIN: Well, it’s no trick to make a lot of money — if all you want is to make a lot of money. **Herman J. Mankiewicz** (1897–1953) American screenwriter, journalist, theater critic _Citizen Kane_ (1941) [with Orson Welles] * * * More about this […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt > One curious feature about political reform is that so many people feel it is “disloyal” to attempt to rectify the abuses in one’s own party. And yet it is obvious that political morality is dependent upon the awakened conscience and private morality of the […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

A quotation from The Bible > Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God; > Horribly and speedily shall he come upon you: for a sharp judgment shall be to them that be in high places. > For mercy will soon pardon […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

A quotation (not) from John Adams > Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. **John Adams** (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founder, statesman; US President (1797–1801) (Misattributed) * * * More about this […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

A quotation from Montesquieu > We were happy, and wished to make all happy around us. False pleasures make men haughty and severe, and such pleasures are always selfish. But true happiness inspires gentleness and benevolence, and diffuses its influence on very hand. > > _[Nous étions heureux […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

A quotation from Henry Commager > It is becoming increasingly clear that it is respect for the dignity of the individual that most sharply differentiates democratic from totalitarian system. Granted this basic principle, it follows that any conduct of the state that impairs the dignity of man […]

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A quotation from Victor Hugo > The scaffold is the only edifice that revolutions do not tear down. > > _[L’échafaud est le seul édifice que les révolutions ne démolissent pas.]_ **Victor Hugo** (1802–1885) French writer, journalist, human rights activist, politician _Last Day of a Condemned […]

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A quotation from Homer > And so I say that for brutality and infamy there is no one to equal a woman who can contemplate such deeds. Who else could conceive so hideous a crime as her deliberate butchery of her husband and her lord? > > [ὣς οὐκ αἰνότερον καὶ κύντερον ἄλλο γυναικός, > ἥ τις δὴ […]

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A quotation from Jean Kerr > Being on a ship is something like being pregnant. You can sit there and do absolutely nothing but stare at the water and have the nicest sense that you are accomplishing something. **Jean Kerr** (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins] […]

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A quotation from Richard Steele > It is not only paying wages, and giving commands, that constitutes a master of a family; but prudence, equal behavior, with a readiness to protect and cherish them, is what entitles man to that character in their very hearts and sentiments. **Richard Steele** […]

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A quotation from Propertius > So I will pass the night with drinking, so with song, until daylight shines its rays into my wine. > > _[Sic noctem patera, sic ducam carmine, donec > iniciat radios in mea uina dies!]_ **Propertius**(50–16 BC) Roman elegiac poet [Sextus Propertius] _Elegies_ […]

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A quotation from Ulysses Grant > If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason’s and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

A quotation from Shakespeare > CICERO: Indeed, it is a strange-disposèd time. > But men may construe things after their fashion, > Clean from the purpose of the things themselves. **William Shakespeare** (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet _Julius Caesar_ , Act 1, sc. 3, l. 33ff (1.3 […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

A quotation from Elizabeth Barrett Browning > And is it not the chief good of money, the being free from the need of thinking of it? **Elizabeth Barrett Browning** (1806–1861) English poet Letter (1845-09-16) to Robert Browning * * * More about this quote: wist.info/browning-elizabeth-b… […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A quotation from Fran Lebowitz > The best fame is a writer’s fame. It’s enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough that you get interrupted when you eat. **Fran Lebowitz** (b. 1950) American journalist, essayist Panel Discussion (1993-05-24) […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A quotation from Martin Luther King, Jr. > Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase. **Martin Luther King, Jr.** (1929–1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher (Attributed) * * * More about this quote […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A quotation from Shaw > THE HE-ANCIENT: Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful. **George Bernard Shaw** (1856–1950) Irish playwright and critic _Back to Methuselah_ , Part 5 (1921) * * * More about this quote: wist.info/shaw-george-bernard/… #quote […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A quotation from Thomas Fuller > Knaves imagine nothing can be done without knavery. **Thomas Fuller** (1654–1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer _Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs_ (compiler), # 3135 (1732) * * * More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8… #quote […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A quotation from Pratchett > You couldn’t put off the inevitable. Because sooner or later, you reached the place where the inevitable just went and waited. **Terry Pratchett** (1948–2015) English author Discworld No. 13, _Small Gods_ (1992) * * * More about this quote […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld > We are revealed to others in times of crisis, and even more so to ourselves. > > _[Les occasions nous font connoître aux autres, et encore plus à nous-mêmes.]_ **François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld** (1613–1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

A quotation from Samuel Johnson > It is not sufficiently considered how much he assumes who dares to claim the privilege of complaining; for as every man has, in his own opinion, a full share of the miseries of life, he is inclined to consider all clamorous uneasiness as a proof of impatience […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

A quotation from Stephen Jay Gould > Questions are not neutral; they presuppose a list of assumptions that may be long and complex. **Stephen Jay Gould** (1941–2002) American paleontologist, geologist, biologist Essay (1994-09), “Lucy on the Earth in Stasis,” _Natural History_ magazine, Vol […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

A quotation from Ingersoll > And do you know, it is a splendid thing to think that the woman you really love will never grow old to you. Through the wrinkles of time, through the mask of years, if you really love her, you will always see the face you loved and won. And a woman who really loves […]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

A quotation from Adlai Stevenson > And don’t be afraid of unpopular positions, of driving upstream. All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind. Don’t be afraid of being out of tune with your […]

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