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When Adam delv’d and Eve span,
Who was then a Gentleman?

James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
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Howell, James - Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, "English Proverbs" (1659) [compiler] | WIST Quotations

When Adam delv'd and Eve span, Who was then a Gentleman?

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sweetdave Jan 23

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ASkito/115893210927300482

Some are made to be worshipped, and others are made to worship them. #NaturalOrder.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 26, 2025

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

And to pursue pleasure as good, and flee from pain as evil — that too is blasphemous. Someone who does that is bound to find himself constantly reproaching nature — complaining that it doesn’t treat the good and bad as they deserve, but often lets the bad enjoy pleasure and the things that produce it, and makes the good suffer pain, and the things that produce pain.

[καὶ μὴν ὁ τὰς ἡδονὰς ὡς ἀγαθὰ διώκων, τοὺς δὲ πόνους ὡς κακὰ φεύγων ἀσεβεῖ: ἀνάγκη γὰρ τὸν τοιοῦτον μέμφεσθαι πολλάκις τῇ κοινῇ φύσει ὡς παῤ ἀξίαν τι ἀπονεμούσῃ τοῖς φαύλοις καὶ τοῖς σπουδαίοις, διὰ τὸ πολλάκις τοὺς μὲν φαύλους ἐν ἡδοναῖς εἶναι καὶ τὰ ποιητικὰ τούτων κτᾶσθαι, τοὺς δὲ σπουδαίους πόνῳ καὶ τοῖς ποιητικοῖς τούτου περιπίπτειν.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 9, ch. 1 (9.1) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hays (2003)]

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And to pursue pleasure as good, and flee from pain as evil -- that too is blasphemous. Someone who does that is bound to find himself constantly reproaching nature -- complaining that it doesn’t treat the good and bad as they deserve, but often lets the bad enjoy pleasure and…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 15, 2025

A quotation from Douglas Adams

I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

   1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
   2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
   3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
The Salmon of Doubt, Part 2 “The Universe” (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi]

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 11, 2025

A quotation from Edna St Vincent Millay

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1928-07), “Dirge without Music,” st. 4, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 157

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 5, 2025

A quotation from Bill Watterson

   CALVIN: (walking through snowy field) You know, Hobbes, it seems the only time most people go outside is to walk to their cars. We have houses, electricity, plumbing, heat …. Maybe we’re so sheltered and comfortable that we’ve lost touch with the natural world and forgotten our place in it. Maybe we’ve lost our awe of nature. That’s why I want to ask you, as a tiger, a wild animal close to Nature, what you think we’re put on Earth to do. What’s our purpose in life? Why are we here?
   HOBBES: (stating the obvious) We’re here to devour each other alive.
   CALVIN: (back in the house, yelling) Turn on the lights! Turn up the heat!

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1991-01-06)

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Con J Cosby Mar 24, 2025

Stardate: 2025.3.24 ▪️ Nature reflects the order, it can be lively but it can be deathly too. We all should remember that. 🙏 #Nature #Landscape #Dry #Dead #Reflection #Remember #Life #NaturalOrder

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Feb 21, 2025

A quotation from Douglas Adams

I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English writer
The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-douglas/66399/

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