WIST Quotations · @WISTquote
37 followers · 386 posts · Server zirk.usA quotation from Martial:
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I wanted to love you: you prefer
To have me as your courtier.
Well, I must follow your direction.
But goodbye, Sextus, to affection.
[Vis te, Sexte, coli: volebam amare.
Parendum est tibi: quod iubes, coleris:
Sed si te colo, Sexte, non amabo.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/martial/59430/
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JBRoss · @jbross
9 followers · 138 posts · Server mstdn.party"The most sublime act is to set another before you." — William Blake — — — #WilliamBlake #quote #quotes #sublime #kindness #deference #respect #reverence #magnanimous #polite
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Joanna Masel · @JoannaMasel
830 followers · 154 posts · Server ecoevo.social@samliao ⬆️ Really interesting article on #deference #epistemology. Got me thinking about where the issues it describes are most at play (everything to do with #SocialClass) vs. least (#gender issues?)
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