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WordofTheHour Feb 15

#inconsistency : discordance in respect to sentiment or action

- French: inconsistent

- German: die Inkonsistenz

- Italian: inconsistenza

- Portuguese: inconcistência

- Spanish: inconsistencia

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WIST Quotations Feb 3

A quotation from Emerson

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo - Essay (1841), "Self-Reliance," Essays: First Series, No. 2 | WIST Quotations

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. This thought continues here. This essay was inspired by his reading of Walter Savage Landor in 1833, with passages pulled from his lecture "Individualism," last in his course on "The Philosophy of History"…

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WIST Quotations Jan 27

A quotation from Emerson

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

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Sean Murthy Oct 28

If "extravagant" means "exceeding the limits of reason or necessity", you'd think "vagant" means "at/within limits of reason or necessity", but no, English has to screw with us. 😠

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vagant

#English #words #language #inconsistency

toiida🌻Oct 28

Чарльз III посетил открытие «извинительного» военного квир-мемориала «Открытое письмо»: https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/cq6zm092423o ⦾ https://www.tatler.com/article/king-charles-support-lgbt-veterans-memorial-staffordshire

Я — антимонархист и антимилитарист, но всё равно почему-то считаю, что новость положительная. (Одним военным мемориалом стало больше.) #AbraxasAcademy #OpenedLetter #CharlesIII #KingCharles #monuments #queermonuments #queermemorials #inconsistency #illogical #irrational #queernews #Staffordshire

Король Карл III открыл мемориал ветеранам, уволенным за принадлежность к ЛГБТ+ - BBC News Русская служба

Король Карл III принял участие в первом после своей коронации мероприятии в поддержку сообщества ЛГБТ+. Он открыл в центральной Англии мемориал, посвящённый военнослужащим из числа лесбиянок, геев, бисексуалов и трансгендеров, которые подверглись дискриминации вплоть до увольнения с военной службы.

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WordofTheHour Oct 13

#inconsistency : discordance in respect to sentiment or action

- French: inconsistent

- German: die Inkonsistenz

- Italian: inconsistenza

- Portuguese: inconcistência

- Spanish: inconsistencia

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 9

A quotation from Cicero

But you were so utterly devoid of sense, that throughout the whole of your speech you were disputing with yourself, saying things which not only were inconsistent with each other, but involved direct contradiction and opposition, so that the contest was not so much between you and me as between Antonius and Antonius.

[Tam autem eras excors, ut tota in oratione tua tecum ipse pugnares, non modo non cohaerentia inter se diceres, sed maxime disiuncta atque contraria, ut non tanta mecum quanta tibi tecum esset contentio.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 8 / sec. 18 (2.8/2.18.7) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. King (1877)]

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N-gated Hacker News Sep 25

Ah, the classic "this might be my last post... or not" saga. 🎭 The author contemplates their own #mortality with all the subtlety of a teenager posting #vaguebook status updates for attention. 🙄 But hey, at least they're consistent in their inconsistency! 😅
http://itila.blogspot.com/2016/04/perhaps-my-last-post-well-see.html #lastpost #attentionseeking #inconsistency #HackerNews #ngated