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A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)

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Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 "What Makes People Unhappy?" (1930) - Russell, Bertrand | WIST Quotations

A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of "pleasure." That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it…

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WIST Quotations has moved!Jan 23

A quotation from Omar Khayyam:

«
Last night I smote the winecup on a stone;
For such mad folly how may I atone?
The shatter’d cup, in mystic language, said,
“I was like thee, my fate shall be thine own.”
»

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https://wist.info/omar-khayyam/74205/

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WIST Quotations has moved!Dec 10

A quotation from Euripides:

«
CHORUS LEADER: Ah! wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.

[ΧΟΡΟΣ: δεινὸς γὰρ οἷνος καὶ παλαίεσθαι βαρύς.]
»

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https://wist.info/euripides/73316/

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WIST Quotations has moved!Dec 3

A quotation from Euripides:

«
CYCLOPS: Ha! ha! ha! I’m full of wine,
Heavy with the joy divine,
With the young feast oversated;
Like a merchant’s vessel freighted
To the water’s edge, my crop
Is laden to the gullet’s top.
The fresh meadow grass of spring
Tempts me forth thus wandering
To my brothers on the mountains,
Who shall share the wine’s sweet fountains.
Bring…
»

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https://wist.info/euripides/73197/

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Dave J Nov 19

Since the article fails to address the point, I wonder: do #cohealth's #HealthAndSafety policies address leaving female staff alone with intoxicated men? Has the additional risk of sexual and/or physical violence been deemed acceptable?

This isn't a simple rostering issue.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/man-hit-by-car-was-denied-help-by-sobering-up-service-over-lack-of-male-staff-20241112-p5kpyi.html #health #vicpol #intoxication #drunkenness #jermalisms

Man hit by car was denied help by sobering-up service over lack of male staff

The man’s death in June was not the first time a drunk patient was hurt under Victoria’s health-led response to public intoxication.

The Age

WIST Quotations has moved!Nov 1

A quotation from Selden, John:

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Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity. In gluttony there must be eating, in drunkenness there must be drinking; ’tis not the eating, nor ’tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess. So in pride.
»

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https://wist.info/selden-john/6482/

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WIST Quotations has moved!Oct 28

A quotation from Shakespeare, William:

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PORTER: Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things.
MACDUFF: What three things does drink especially provoke?
PORTER: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine.
Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes;
it provokes the desire, but…
»

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https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/6626/

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WIST Quotations has moved!Oct 8, 2024

A quotation from Euripides:

«
ODYSSEUS: He wants to go forth, full of wine and glee,
To his brother Cyclops for wild revelry.

[ΟΔΥΣΣΕΥΣ: ἐπὶ κῶμον ἕρπειν πρὸς κασιγνήτους θέλει
Κύκλωπας ἡσθεὶς τῷδε Βακχίου ποτῷ.]
»

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https://wist.info/euripides/72429/

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Це як вибух — хлопок, війна — спецопєрація, відступ — отріцатєльноє наступлєніє. Що п'яниці і алкоголіки на болотах не в пошані? Потрібно, щоб і тут з вивертом — "актівньіє потрєбітєлі водкі". Вся ваша "нація" — бухарики, п'янички і брудні орки #drunkenness #moscovia