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AUTOLYCUS: I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Winter’s Tale, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 796ff (4.4.796-797) (1611)

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Worst Member of Family on Track to Outlive Everyone

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A quotation from Shakespeare

RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
   To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
   I am determinèd to prove a villain
   And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-31) (1592)

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Shakespeare, William - Richard III, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 28ff (1.1.28-31) (1592) | WIST Quotations

RICHARD: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determinèd to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days.

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A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA: I shall never accept the favors of friends of yours,
   Nor take a thing from you, so you need not offer it.
   There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔτ᾽ ἂν ξένοισι τοῖσι σοῖς χρησαίμεθ᾽ ἂν
   οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι δεξαίμεσθα, μηδ᾽ ἡμῖν δίδου:
   κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾽ ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 616ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 616ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA: I shall never accept the favors of friends of yours, Nor take a thing from you, so you need not offer it. There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔτ᾽ ἂν ξένοισι τοῖσι σοῖς χρησαίμεθ᾽ ἂν οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι δεξαίμεσθα, μηδ᾽ ἡμῖν δίδου: κακοῦ…

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A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA: O Zeus, why did you give men certain ways
   to recognize false gold, when there’s no mark,
   no token stamped on the human body,
   to indicate which men are worthless.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ὦ Ζεῦ, τί δὴ χρυσοῦ μὲν ὃς κίβδηλος ᾖ
   τεκμήρι᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ὤπασας σαφῆ,
   ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ ὅτῳ χρὴ τὸν κακὸν διειδέναι
   οὐδεὶς χαρακτὴρ ἐμπέφυκε σώματι;]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 516ff (431 BC) [tr. Johnston (2008)]

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 516ff (431 BC) [tr. Johnston (2008)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA: O Zeus, why did you give men certain ways to recognize false gold, when there’s no mark, no token stamped on the human body, to indicate which men are worthless. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ὦ Ζεῦ, τί δὴ χρυσοῦ μὲν ὃς κίβδηλος ᾖ τεκμήρι᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ὤπασας σαφῆ, ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ ὅτῳ χρὴ τὸν…

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

We ought to beware of people who do not think it necessary to pretend that they are good and decent. Lack of hypocrisy in such things hints at a capacity for a most depraved ruthlessness.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 200 (1955)

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Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 200 (1955) - Hoffer, Eric | WIST Quotations

We ought to beware of people who do not think it necessary to pretend that they are good and decent. Lack of hypocrisy in such things hints at a capacity for a most depraved ruthlessness.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 26, 2025

A quotation from Thomas Fuller

Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725)

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Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 948 (1725) - Fuller, Thomas (1654) | WIST Quotations

Never trust a malicious Man upon the Account that thou hast done him good Offices: For thou hast but fed a Dragon that will devour thee, if ever thou comest within his reach. Fuller repeated this item as # 2443 in his second volume (1727), slightly altered: Never trust a…

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Simple Nomad Nov 18, 2025

When I was a young (as opposed to the old that I am now) I used to write some horridly dark songs - mainly just to shock my dark-humored friends. While I don't remember any of the songs from back then in detail, I do remember after the news of the Jonestown mass suicide I wrote a nice little rock-a-billy ditty that included the lyrics "Everybody look around tell me what do you see? 900 bodies piled up to your knees." Every November 18th when I see a reminder via some "this date in history" I see this and my sad, sad mind simply jumps to those lyrics.

I think I might be a bad person....

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A quotation from C. C. Colton

A revengeful knave will do more than he will say; a grateful one will say more than he will do.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 441 (1820)

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Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 441 (1820) - Colton, Charles Caleb | WIST Quotations

A revengeful knave will do more than he will say; a grateful one will say more than he will do.

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A quotation from Moliere

SGANARELLE: But when a great lord is a wicked man, it is a terrible thing.

[Mais un grand seigneur méchant homme est une terrible chose.]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 1, sc. 1 (1665) [tr. Waller (1904)]

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