Mastodawn

How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Dictation (1906-12-02), The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 2 (2013)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/43956/

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Kpop News Hub Jan 26

BTS Jungkook's "Deceiving" Girlfriend Comment Resurfaces Amid aespa's Winter Dating Rumors #aespas #BTS #Comment #Dating #Deceiving #Girlfriend #Jungkooks #Resurfaces #Rumors #Winter
https://kpopnewshub.com/bts-jungkooks-deceiving-girlfriend-comment-resurfaces-amid-aespas-winter-dating-rumors/?fsp_sid=7504

BTS Jungkook's "Deceiving" Girlfriend Comment Resurfaces Amid aespa's Winter Dating Rumors - KpopNewsHub – Latest K-Pop News, Idols & Korean Entertainment

A post with scathing criticism has gone viral.

Kpop News Hub

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Feb 8, 2025

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

The surest method of being deceived is to believe that one is cleverer than others.

[Le vrai moyen d’être trompé, c’est de se croire plus fin que les autres]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶127 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957), ¶127]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

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Miloš Somborac Dec 6, 2023

I must confess something. My mind deceives me, leading to fleeting interests and a lack of purpose. Over decades, I've cycled through countless passions without finding myself. How do I break this cycle?

#mastodon #problem #mentalhealth #psychological #mindtricks #deceiving #howtofindself #purpose #maning #milošsomborac

Chuck Darwin Jun 23, 2023

Wagner Chief Says Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Unjustified -

Russia did not face an imminent security threat to justify its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Yevgeny #Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s #Wagner mercenary outfit, said in a bombshell video posted on social media Friday.

“The Armed Forces of Ukraine were not going to attack Russia with the NATO bloc,” Prigozhin explained in the half-hour tirade released by his press service.

“The Russian Defense Ministry is #deceiving the public and the president,” he added.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/23/wagner-chief-says-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-unjustified-a81609

Wagner Chief Says Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Unjustified

Russia did not face an imminent security threat to justify its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary outfit, said in a bombshell video posted on social media Friday. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine were not going to attack Russia with the NATO bloc,” Prigozhin explained in the half-hour tirade released by his press service. “The Russian Defense Ministry is deceiving the public and the president,” he added.

The Moscow Times