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It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself.

[C’est effrayant de penser qu’on marque ses enfants rien que par ce qu’on est.]

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) French author, existentialist philosopher, feminist theorist
Les Belles Images, ch. 3 (1966) [tr. O’Brian (1968)]

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Beauvoir, Simone de - Les Belles Images, ch. 3 (1966) [tr. O'Brian (1968)] | WIST Quotations

It's frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. [C’est effrayant de penser qu’on marque ses enfants rien que par ce qu’on est.] (Source (French))

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

A candor affected is a dagger concealed.

[ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

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Marcus Aurelius - Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)] | WIST Quotations

A candor affected is a dagger concealed. [ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.] Depending on the source material, the weapon reference is either from a native Thracian (foreign) weapon (σκάλμη) -- thus translators who use "stiletto," etc. -- or a proverbial "crooked stick" (σκαμβή), referring to a Greek proverb "You can't…

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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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A quotation from Judith Martin

Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (2014-12-19)

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"Miss Manners," syndicated column (2014-12-19) - Martin, Judith | WIST Quotations

Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up. Collected in Minding Miss Manners: In an Era of Fake Etiquette (2020), though with a slight rephrasing: The only alternative to honesty is not dishonesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue…

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A quotation from Wilde

GWENDOLEN: On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one’s mind. It becomes a pleasure.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet, wit, dramatist
The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 2 (1895)

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☀️ Afternoon Reflection Drop

🌀 Blind Faith – Day 7: Candor, Clinging, and the Clothes Still Wet

“Doing the right thing doesn’t always feel like doing the right thing.”

✝️ Esther defies power.
📜 Jeremiah watches pride collapse.
💧 Psalm 22 cries out in honesty.
💋 Proverbs 7 warns of the illusion of control.

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🌀 Blind Faith with a Gnostic Deist

Candor, Clinging, and the Clothes Still Wet

Eshu’s Substack

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 18, 2025

A quotation from Thoreau

True Friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
A Week on the Concord and Marrimack Rivers, “Wednesday” (1849)

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A quotation from Josh Billings

To lie about a man never hurts him, but to tell the truth about him sumtimes duz.

[To lie about a man never hurts him, but to tell the truth about him sometimes does.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-10 (1875 ed.)

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