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I hav known people who waz virtewous just bekauze they waz lazy, they hadn’t snap enuff in them tew brake one of the 10 commandments.

[I have known people who were virtuous just because they were lazy; they hadn’t snap enough in them to break one of the Ten Commandments.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1874-01 (1874 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1874-01 (1874 ed.) | WIST Quotations

I hav known people who waz virtewous just bekauze they waz lazy, they hadn't snap enuff in them tew brake one of the 10 commandments. [I have known people who were virtuous just because they were lazy; they hadn't snap enough in them to break one of the Ten Commandments.]…

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PugJesus 2d ago

The damage will be enduring, and not just material

ReadingFaithfully.org☸📗3d ago

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 45.150 Bījasutta: Seeds

“Based upon virtue, established upon virtue, a bhikkhu develops and cultivates the Noble Eightfold Path.…”

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lobster 3d ago

Dear Friends of Free sPeach,

As you may know:

1) Some of us are a disorganiz-sation of 1-cat (I do have an #invisible cat called #Bast)

2) ...and yet we can. Speak on #Mastodon by #virtue (mostly) of our #American bothers and siestas (error corrected: brothers and #sisters)

3) Shirley and aero-plainly it must be time to be a de-influencer. Am on it with apologies to the pro's (are they our secret wealth tax yet?)

4) OK, created a rant about two #Cambridge UK based companies. I does my best to be worldly, supporting #Gaia (Earth 1 and only). Hope you can forgive all my pausing whilst I search for info. Yep I could remove all the pauses in Audacity. BUT I am not an influencer but a rantcustard/rantcaster. Sorry! I even swore. Bloody Hell! I iz bad!

Philosophics 3d ago

I've shared my thoughts on Alasdair MacIntyre before, but a follower asked me to comment on a Philosophize This! segment on a couple of books he published after After Virtue, and so I did.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/04/15/rival-moral-approaches-of-the-modern-world-alasdair-macintyre/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

I share a link to the video content as well as a NotebookLM podcast summary.

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Philosophics Apr 10

I've always been leery of the AI debate over creative content – audio or visual media, including written material. A recent interview between Rick Beato and Justin Hawkins provided me with a frame.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/04/10/art-or-content/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

It reminds me of the old argument between high and low art, another bollocksed argument in my opinion. Homey don't play dat.

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Coach Pāṇini ®Apr 10

Y’all, #MaryGraceWooten of #EastTennessee needs all the boost, attention, and vibes of solidarity you can muster for #American #virtue.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWfNKBZkW23/

#education #schools #Tennessee

Mary Grace Wooten on Instagram: "#mg4education #washingtoncountytnschoolboard #WashingtonCountyTN #education4all"

7 likes, 0 comments - mg4education2026 on March 29, 2026: "#mg4education #washingtoncountytnschoolboard #WashingtonCountyTN #education4all".

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WIST Quotations Apr 10

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in the retrospect. We should have been cut-throats to do otherwise. And there’s an end. We ought to know distinctly that we are damned for what we do wrong; but when we have done right, we have only been gentlemen, after all. There is nothing to make a work about.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 6 “Right and Wrong”

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Stevenson, Robert Louis - Essay (1880-01/02?), "Reflections and Remarks on Human Life," § 6 "Right and Wrong" | WIST Quotations

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WIST Quotations Apr 9

A quotation from Cicero

Let us spurn the rewards of today and look to future glory; let us deem best what is most honorable; let us hope for what we want, but bear what befalls us; finally, let us consider that even the bodies of brave men and great citizens are mortal; but that activity of the mind and the glory of virtue are for ever.

[Praesentis fructus neglegamus, posteritatis gloriae serviamus; id esse optimum putemus quod erit rectissimum; speremus quae volumus, sed quod acciderit feramus; cogitemus denique corpus virorum fortium magnorum hominum esse mortale, animi vero motus et virtutis gloriam sempiternam.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 68 / sec. 143 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2011)]

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