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They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually, their innermost desire is for an end to the “free for all.” They want to eliminate free competition and the ruthless testing to which the individual is continually subjected in a free society.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 28 (1951)

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Hoffer, Eric - True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 28 (2.5.28) (1951) | WIST Quotations

They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually, their innermost desire is for an end to the "free for all." They want to eliminate free competition…

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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart — the best brain. Superiority is born of honesty, of virtue, of charity, and above all, of the love of liberty. The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Speech (1883-10-22), “Liberty,” Address on the Civil Rights Act, Lincoln Hall, Washington, D. C.

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Ingersoll, Robert Green - Speech (1883-10-22), "Liberty," Address on the Civil Rights Act, Lincoln Hall, Washington, D. C. | WIST Quotations

Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart -- the best brain. Superiority is born of honesty, of virtue, of charity, and above all, of the love of liberty. The superior man is the providence of the…

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A quotation from Josh Billings

It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,—that he plays a third rate game ov whist.

[It is one of the hardest things on earth for a man to learn — that he plays a third-rate game of whist.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-09 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-09 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

It iz one ov the hardest things on earth for a man to learn,—that he plays a third rate game ov whist. [It is one of the hardest things on earth for a man to learn -- that he plays a third-rate game of whist.] Whist was a very popular…

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Kpop News Hub Mar 20

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JTBC’s upcoming drama “We Are All Trying Here” has previewed a chilling tension between Go Youn Jung and Choi Won Young.

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Oh Jung Se Is A Successful Film Director With Inferiority Complex Toward Koo Kyo Hwan In “We Are All Trying Here” #Complex #Director #Film #Hwan #Inferiority #Jung #Koo #Kyo #Successful
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JTBC’s upcoming drama “We Are All Trying Here” has unveiled new stills of Oh Jung Se in character!

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Quick Quotes Feb 24

“I wonder what became of you, your JohnnyRotten skin, no Emerald City eyes.You'd have been a beauty if you let inferiority steam your glasses with its candor, sans laughter.”
― Kristen Henderson

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Kpop News Hub Jan 13

Seo Hyun Woo Portrays A Prosecutor Whose Calm Exterior Masks Deep Inferiority In “Honour” #Calm #Deep #Exterior #Honour #Hyun #Inferiority #Masks #Portrays #Prosecutor #Seo #Woo
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ENA’s upcoming law drama “Honour” has unveiled new stills of Seo Hyun Woo in character!

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N-gated Hacker News May 29, 2025

🚀 BREAKING: Human coders are better than LLMs! 🤖🛑 Our brave author, using #LLMs for everything EXCEPT writing blog posts about their #inferiority, graces us with this groundbreaking revelation. Turns out, humans are still needed to make LLMs useful—who knew? 🧠💥
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C.Apr 14, 2025

#USPol

Regarding #Trump's recent physical...

1. Trump lies. Constantly. About everything. It's his default state of being, and is as natural as breathing to him.

2. Trump has a massive ego and also a massive inferiority complex. He needs constant fluffing and reinforcement. He has to be told he is better, handsomer, smarter, everything-er than everybody else.

Put those together, and you get:

3. The things Trump lies about more than anything else are ... himself. He cheats at golf to win tournaments at clubs he owns, so he can be "champion". He brags about first-placing in contests or comparisons that didn't happen or which don't rank participants at all. And on and on...

What's this got to do with his physical?

Well, he announced his results and it says he's 6'3" and weighs 224 pounds.

Which, if true, would mean he's 5 or 6 inches taller than me, but weighs the same. Anyone familiar with how scaling a 3D object up by linear factor X affects mass is now laughing their guts out.

He is *far* more obese than me. Of *course* he's lying about his weight. If he's less than 270 pounds I will eat my hat, and it would not surprise me in the least if he weighed 300 pounds.

So, do you want your government run by a pathetically insecure man-baby who has to lie about his weight to feel better than everyone else?

Shame on his doctor putting his signature to such bullshit.

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jul 30, 2024

A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:

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There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence.

What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, of second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet’s bombast!
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/70975/

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The Characters [Les Caractères], ch. 1 "Of Works of the Mind [Des Ouvrages de l'Esprit]," § 7 (1.7) (1688) [tr. Stewart (1970)] - La Bruyere, Jean de | WIST Quotations

There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid speech being pompously declaimed, of second-rate verse spoken with all a bad poet’s bombast! [Il y a de certaines choses dont la médiocrité est insupportable: la poésie,…

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