A quotation from Martial:

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Being good is better far than seeming so.
[Refert sis bonus, an velis videri.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/martial/63032/

#quote #quotes #quotation #appearance #goodness #pretense #virtue

Darkness falls on yet another 24 hours of the 1% ensuring this #planet will not remain in a condition conducive to sustaining our own species and all other remaining species.
WE ARE DOING NOTHING!
They knew. They know. They don’t care.
They don’t care.
They
Don’t
Care
#climate
#truth
#extinction
#pretense

"Any man’s (creature’s) death (extinction) diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

A quotation from Russell, Bertrand:

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All the higher animals have methods of expressing pleasure, but human beings alone express pleasure when they do not feel it. This is called politeness and is reckoned among the virtues.
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https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/58530/

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A quotation from Swift, Jonathan:

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You may force men, by interest or punishment, to say or swear they believe, and to act as if they believed; you can go no farther.
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https://wist.info/swift-jonathan/58346/

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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:
https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/2332/

#quote #quotes #quotation #cleverness #cunning #deception #facade #pretense #shrewdness

"Other philosophers have emphasised that the person who experiences #impostorsyndrome has evidence that appears to support them in believing they are impostors. I argue that they have an additional reason to believe they’re faking it: they are faking it. We all are. #Pretense is an unavoidable element of coming to occupy a professional role. Seeing the world as a philosopher, with the values and habitus of a philosopher, requires, first, role-playing being a philosopher."
https://newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/neil-levy-macquarie-university-impostor?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1185240&post_id=85398895&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email&s=09