Show threadRoseyFeb 22

@Johns_priv @donni

#Truism

Show threadRoseyFeb 8

@mobiquotes

Damn.
This could be THE ONE #truism that rules them all.

WIST QuotationsFeb 3

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)

More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81811…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #adage #aphorism #banality #cliche #meaninglessness #platitude #proverb #receivedwisdom #saw #saying #truism

Bierce, Ambrose - "Adage," "Devil's Dictionary" column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05) | WIST Quotations

ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding. Not collected in later books. Instead, in The Cynic's Word Book (1906), he changed it to "Boned wisdom…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 28

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one’s self and to nobody else.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Self-Evident,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

More info about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1059/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #axiom #evidence #obviousness #selfevidence #takeforgranted #truism

"Self-Evident," The Devil's Dictionary (1911) - Bierce, Ambrose | WIST Quotations

SELF-EVIDENT, adj. Evident to one’s self and to nobody else. Originally published in The Devil's Dictionary [A-Z] as Vol. 7 of his Collected Works.

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Lars WirzeniusApr 2, 2025

Many years ago Daniel (@kinnison), Richard, and I kept a group blog called Yakking. One of the best things we wrote was a series on truisms. This was by Daniel, with some input from the rest of us. I still recommend these. They're very deep truths, despite being surface-level funny.

https://yakking.branchable.com/tags/truism/

#truism #softwareDevelopment

pages tagged truism

WIST Quotations moves again!Aug 22, 2024

A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:

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PLATITUDE. An idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/mencken-hl/71571/

#quote #quotes #quotation #cliche #commonsense #delusion #platitude #truism #truth #untruth

AstroMancer5G (she/her)Jul 4, 2024

The #vanguardist #truism of a "scientific" #revolution isn't true in the sense it's used in, but it's kind of true in other ways.

Revolution is always developing and ongoing. It belongs to #humanity. We figure out what works from observed #evidence, not what we want to work. It's grounded in the real #world, with its #living complexities.

Of all sciences, revolution is least like #Western #science, with its disembodied universalisms. But that's how vanguards paint it.

Sarah FarooquiOct 12, 2023

When it comes to #gender & #power dynamics in #patriarchal settings, almost all issues are #normative & #socio-cultural. There is no single switch-on solution. However, one of the most imp things that mildly pushes the envelope, is plain ol economic empowerment of women. But this needs to translate to individual accounts and financial + spending autonomy, which is then interlinked back to the normative.

#mastindia #truism

FrançoiseMay 10, 2023
Discord hurts us all #truism
FrançoiseApr 21, 2023
#truism #art #contemporary