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FAUSTUS: Si peccasse negamus, fallimur, et nulla est in nobis veritas;
   “If we say that we have no sin,
   We deceive ourselves, and there’s no truth in us.”
   Why, then, belike we must sin,
   And so consequently die.
   Ay, we must die an everlasting death.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Act 1, sc. 1 (sc. 1), l. 70ff (1594; 1604 “A” text)

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Marlowe, Christopher - The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Act 1, sc. 1 (sc. 1), l. 70ff (1594; 1604 "A" text) | WIST Quotations

FAUSTUS: Si peccasse negamus, fallimur, et nulla est in nobis veritas; "If we say that we have no sin, We deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us." Why, then, belike we must sin, And so consequently die. Ay, we must die an everlasting death. The quote is from the…

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A quotation from John Adams

Our Passions, Ambition, Avarice, Love, Resentment &c possess so much metaphysical Subtilty and so much overpowering Eloquence, that they insinuate themselves into the Understanding and the Conscience and convert both to their Party. And I may be deceived as much as any of them, when I Say, that Power must never be trusted without a Check.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1816-02-02) to Thomas Jefferson

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WIST Quotations Feb 28

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could do us no harm.

[Si nous ne nous flattions point nous-mêmes, la flatterie des autres ne nous pourroit nuire.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶152 (1665-1678) [tr. Kronenberger (1959)]

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La Rochefoucauld, Francois - Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶152 (1665-1678) [tr. Kronenberger (1959)] | WIST Quotations

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could do us no harm. [Si nous ne nous flattions point nous-mêmes, la flatterie des autres ne nous pourroit nuire.] Present in the 1st (1665) edition, where it ended with "... ne nous feroit jamais de mal." See also maxim…

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WIST Quotations Feb 26

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Much of man’s thinking is propaganda of his appetites.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 261 (1955)

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Hoffer, Eric - Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 261 (1955) | WIST Quotations

Much of man's thinking is propaganda of his appetites.

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WIST Quotations Feb 19

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 260 (1955)

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Hoffer, Eric - Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 260 (1955) | WIST Quotations

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

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WIST Quotations Feb 20

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-08-05), The Idler, No. 17

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Johnson, Samuel - Essay (1758-08-05), The Idler, No. 17 | WIST Quotations

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

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Quick Quotes Feb 19

“Truthful hyperbole’ is a contradiction in terms. It’s a way of saying, ‘It’s a lie, but who cares?’.”
― Tony Schwartz

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Keith M. Ward Feb 18

Fui piuma in balìa della bora,
sospeso a mezz’aria,
lambii il cielo di cenere
e stretto a fulmini irosi,
mi persuasi scioccamente
di cavalcare scie di stelle cadenti.

-Keith M. Ward

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SpiritualKhazaana Feb 16

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman: The Unflinching Mirror
John Bunyan is a name synonymous with The Pilgrim’s Progress, the quintessential allegory of the Christian life. However, while The Pilgrim’s Progress shows us the narrow path to the Celestial City, its “companion” piece, The Life and Death of Mr. Badman, serves as a sobering, detailed map of... More details… https://spiritualkhazaana.com/the-life-and-death-of-mr-badman/
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