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Going forward, I am suspending reposting of new quotes here on Twitter. I do not care to support its traffic at this time. You can follow me by various means at the home site, https://t.co/SKIjCQ4O0p, esp. through Mastodon at https://t.co/uFdNVXDLvM . Be well.
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Banneker, Benjamin: Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects "bad manners." Quoted in Friends' Intelligencer, vol. 11 (1854). ... https://t.co/2RCZIn4jLu
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Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects "bad manners." Quoted in Friends' Intelligencer, vol. 11 (1854).
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Burton, Robert: Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse; envy alone wants both. Other sins last but for awhile; the gut may be satisfied, anger remits, hatred hath an end, envy ne ... https://t.co/EmAapRLSoT
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Every other sin hath some pleasure annexed to it, or will admit of an excuse; envy alone wants both. Other sins last but for awhile; the gut may be satisfied, anger remits, hatred hath an end, envy...
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Bear, Elizabeth: Anger is an inoculant. It gets your immune system working against bullshit. But anger can also make you sick, if you’re exposed to it for too long. That same caustic anger that can inspire you to acti ... https://t.co/UyNEqiuq7m
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Anger is an inoculant. It gets your immune system working against bullshit. But anger can also make you sick, if you’re exposed to it for too long. That same caustic anger that can inspire you to...
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Levine, Emily: I am a recovering narcissist. I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it. It is actually drearier than self-love; it is unrequited self-love. ... https://t.co/SswH2f8JpP
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I am a recovering narcissist. I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it. It is actually drearier than self-love; it is unrequited self-love.
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Martial: You have robbed the young gallant of nostrils and ears, And his face now of both is bereft. But your vengeance remains incomplete it appears; He has still got another part left. [Foedasti miser ... https://t.co/DcaQ1lSYQ1
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You have robbed the young gallant of nostrils and ears, And his face now of both is bereft. But your vengeance remains incomplete it appears; He has still got another part left. [Foedasti miserum,...
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Nehru, Jawaharlal: Ignorance is always afraid of change. It fears the unknown and sticks to its rut, however miserable it may be there. In its blindness it stumbles on anyhow. ... https://t.co/NRpC3hkgPQ
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Ignorance is always afraid of change. It fears the unknown and sticks to its rut, however miserable it may be there. In its blindness it stumbles on anyhow.
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Dante Alighieri: In despair they blasphemed God, their parents, their time on earth, the race of Adam, and the day and the ho ... https://t.co/3Fvyw6T3Sl
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In despair they blasphemed God, their parents, their time on earth, the race of Adam, and the day and the hour and the place and the seed and the womb that gave them birth. But all together they drew...
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Virgil: Here are troops of men who had suffered wounds, fighting to save their country, and those who had been pure priests while still alive, and the faithful poets whose songs were fit for Phoebus; thos ... https://t.co/QXGa2NbBTC
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Here are troops of men who had suffered wounds, fighting to save their country, and those who had been pure priests while still alive, and the faithful poets whose songs were fit for Phoebus; those...
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Gaiman, Neil: NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: One shilling = Five Pee. It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system: Two farthings = ... https://t.co/DVueA25qN5
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Since law constitutes the bond of civil society, and the authority of the law is equal, how can the society of citizens be maintained when their condition is not equal? If it be not pleasing to ... https://t.co/fEuTLVXXle
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Since law constitutes the bond of civil society, and the authority of the law is equal, how can the society of citizens be maintained when their condition is not equal? If it be not pleasing to place...
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Tolkien, J.R.R.: Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor! ... https://t.co/aOKjnQqet6
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Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor! In...
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Black, Hugo: Bad men, like good men, are entitled to be tried and sentenced in accordance with law, and when it is shown to us that a person is serving an illegal sentence our obligation is to direct that proper s ... https://t.co/SKQwO7OzLp
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Bad men, like good men, are entitled to be tried and sentenced in accordance with law, and when it is shown to us that a person is serving an illegal sentence our obligation is to direct that proper...
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Helprin, Mark: The voodoo priest and all his powers were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human s ... https://t.co/TpDVNL6hpi
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The voodoo priest and all his powers were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human...
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Russell, Bertrand: Most people learn nothing from experience, except confirmation of their prejudices. ... https://t.co/Y91pC2WSfG
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Most people learn nothing from experience, except confirmation of their prejudices.
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McLaughlin, Mignon: "Life is meant to be lived." Telling that to most of us is as useful as telling a mouse that aluminum is meant to be made into cars. ... https://t.co/753kXRq43z
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"Life is meant to be lived." Telling that to most of us is as useful as telling a mouse that aluminum is meant to be made into cars.
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Lamott, Anne: Expectations are resentments waiting to happen. ... https://t.co/Qebqp3By7z
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Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.
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Landon, Letitia Elizabeth: So much to win, so much to lose, No marvel that I fear to choose. ... https://t.co/pa11nJ3v2i
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So much to win, so much to lose, No marvel that I fear to choose.
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Della Casa, Giovanni: But to give one's advice to others, unasked, is, in effect, to declare that we are much wiser than those to whom we give it; and is a kind of reproaching them with their ignorance and inexperience. ... https://t.co/J78BNNrBYV
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But to give one's advice to others, unasked, is, in effect, to declare that we are much wiser than those to whom we give it; and is a kind of reproaching them with their ignorance and inexperience....
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Bascom, John: The cardinal method with faults is to overgrow them and choke them out with virtues. ... https://t.co/jRSG578Fg2
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The cardinal method with faults is to overgrow them and choke them out with virtues.
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