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COVET, v.i. To desire that which the owner wickedly withholds.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Covet,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-10-07)

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Bierce, Ambrose - "Covet," "Devil's Dictionary" column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-10-07) | WIST Quotations

COVET, v.i. To desire that which the owner wickedly withholds. Not collected in later books.

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The Players Trust, the charitable arm of the Major League Baseball Players Association, announced today that Chicago #Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd is the recipient of the first Most Valuable Philanthropist award for the 2026 season. #Deserving #Class

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Accept modestly; surrender gracefully.

[Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

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Marcus Aurelius - Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 6, ch. 33 (8.33) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)] | WIST Quotations

Accept modestly; surrender gracefully. [Ἄτύφως μὲν λαβεῖν, εὐλύτως δὲ ἀφεῖναι.] (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations: Receive temporal blessings without ostentation, when they are sent and thou shalt be able to part with them with all readiness and facility when they are taken from thee again. [tr. Casaubon (1634), 8.31] As to…

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A quotation from Mark Twain

How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it!

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-12), “Eve’s Diary,” Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 112, No. 1

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Twain, Mark - Story (1905-12), "Eve's Diary," Harper's Magazine, Vol. 112, No. 1 | WIST Quotations

How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it! On Adam's admiration for her (Eve) having properly named the dodo. Published in June, 1906, as its own (illustrated) book.

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose life has passed without a contest, and who can boast neither success nor merit, can survey himself only as a useless filler of existence; and if he is content with his own character, must owe his satisfaction to insensibility.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111

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A quotation from C. C. Colton

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 178 (1822)

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Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 178 (1822) - Colton, Charles Caleb | WIST Quotations

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. Epitaph on Emma Goldman's gravestone in Forest Park, Illinois. Often attributed to her (even under the same book name).

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A quotation from Josh Billings

He who expekts to be praized every time he duz a virtewous thing will soon git tired of the bizzness.

[He who expects to be praised every time he does a virtuous thing will soon get tired of the business.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-07 (1875 ed.)

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