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“Disregarding #spelling and #grammar in a #writtenconversation can be a #powermove or a sign of #friendliness, or perhaps both at the same time, said Deborah Tannen, a #linguistics professor at Georgetown University.” www.wsj.com/lifestyle/je...

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WIST Quotations Jan 22

A quotation from Ben Franklin

If you’d be belov’d, make yourself amiable.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1744 ed.)

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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1744 ed.) | WIST Quotations

If you’d be belov’d, make yourself amiable.

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Front Page Oct 10

A state in the Midwest edged out Texas as the 'friendliest'—sparking a fierce debate

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 1

A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that a “drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.” So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great high road to his reason, and which, when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause really be a just one.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1843-02-22), Temperance Address, Washington Temperance Society, Second Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Illinois

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 23

A quotation from Emerson

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Friendship,” Essays: First Series, No. 6

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Ann Aug 23, 2025

This is a story about the friendliness of others.

Today I went on a 70 km long bike ride to check if a forest I met last year would invite me to find some mushrooms. It was too dry, nothing to find, and I was on my way home again when I spotted a man with a - ! - bicycle basket and a boletus. So I stopped him, and we chatted all things mushrooms. I asked if I could take a photo, and sure, no problem.
- Can I give you the mushroom, he asked in broken Norwegian.
It took me some convincing, I would never have given away my boletus if I had found one!
- I have many at home.
And added what is my sincere opinion too.
- The find is the fun.
Thank you so much, old, friendly mushroom picker ❤️

People ain’t no good.
- Nick Cave

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