WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from Heschel, Abraham:

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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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wist.info/heschel-abraham/2571

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Stephen · @mister_goldfish
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In Italy, the insistence that only people 'born as women' compete in a beauty pageant has been protested by more than 100 trans men who have entered the pageant. “...their positions are so ridiculous that we were able to pull off a national campaign with a smile on our face, laughing at their struggle to keep up with so many subscriptions from ‘female from birth’ people, just as they requested.”

thepinknews.com/2023/07/27/tra

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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from Antrim, Minna:

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If you cannot be clever, be careful.
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wist.info/antrim-minna/61449/

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root@eruditorum.œrg · @root2702
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DR X: For you is its own end & once you've seen a clever way to do a thing, you must do it, as water finding a crack in a dike must pass thru it & cover the land on the other side!
HACKWORTH: Farewell, Dr X. You will understand that although I hold you in the highest personal esteem, I cannot earnestly wish you good fortune in your current endeavour.
[He bows, as Kidnapper adjusts its stance. Dr X bows, giving him another look @ the coral on his cap]

#cleverness #button #DiamondAge

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@seymour Ist dann so eine Art Statussymbol im Sinne von ?

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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:

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There are but two ways of rising in the world: either by your own industry or by the folly of others.
[Il n’y a au monde que deux manières de s’élever, ou par sa propre industrie, ou par l’imbécillité des autres.]
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wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/2

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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from Euripides:

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Cleverness is not wisdom,
nor is thinking thoughts that are not mortal.
Life is short; this being so,
who would pursue great things
and not bear with what is at hand? These
are the ways of madmen and
men of evil counsel, at least
in my judgment.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes: wist.info/euripides/58136/

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WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
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A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:

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It’s a sign of considerable shrewdness to be able to make others think one is not exceptionally shrewd.
[C’est avoir fait un grand pas dans la finesse, que de faire penser de soi que l’on n’est que médiocrement fin.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/2

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Sharon Crockett · @SharonCrockett
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Sometimes during the day I like to step away from whatever serious matter I’m working on to take a quick “dip” into Mastodon to enjoy some clever, silly or even weird wordplay. Sometimes I’m even intrigued by some obscure reference that I don’t understand. I then can get back to my work, refreshed.

#silliness #wordplay #cleverness #weirdness

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