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Parrying dagger for duels, Italy, 1650-1675 AD

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 13, 2025

   SGANARELLE: Have you no fears about returning here? It was here, Sir, that you killed that Commander, six months ago.
   DON JUAN: Why should I be afraid? Didn’t I kill him properly?

   [SGANARELLE: Et n’y craignez-vous rien, monsieur, de la mort de ce commandeur que vous tuâtes il y a six mois?
   DON JUAN: Et pourquoi craindre? ne l’ai-je pas bien tué?]

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 1, sc. 2 (1665) [tr. Wilbur (2001)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/moliere/80359/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #moliere #donjuan #dueling #fear #killing #propriety #remorse #selfrighteousness #shamelessness

Don Juan [Dom Juan], Act 1, sc. 2 (1665) [tr. Wilbur (2001)] - Moliere | WIST Quotations

SGANARELLE: Have you no fears about returning here? It was here, Sir, that you killed that Commander, six months ago. DON JUAN: Why should I be afraid? Didn't I kill him properly? [SGANARELLE: Et n’y craignez-vous rien, monsieur, de la mort de ce commandeur que vous tuâtes il y a…

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Sophia Jane Hayden, Author Oct 23, 2025

Two directors. Two Beers. Zero Chill: BEER POUR. #Bookstodon #Books #BookReview #mastodon #hollywood #film #FilmMastodon #Author #Authors #AuthorLife #WritingCommunity #Writing #politicalhumor #Satire #beer #Writers #writer #WritersCoffeeClub #WritersOfMastodon #dueling #directors #BookTok #booksky #Novel #Novels #novelist #politicalhumor #humor #fun #funny #sarcasm #plot #Fiction #beverages #villain #ThursdayBooksandBeer #thursday #review #reviews #Readers #Reading #read #ReadingCommunity

Public Domain Image Archive Sep 12, 2025

Skelt's Combat in Henry M. Milner's Chevy Chase (ca. 1837).

Source: Folger Shakespeare Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4b728d1e-77ba-4890-a11a-bbfd85320ca9

#dueling #caricatures #fencing #costumes #acting #actors #plays #theatre #shakespeare #comedy #opera #art #publicdomain

Call me Lenny/Leni Feb 10, 2025

If people are so certain of the allegations they have seen once they think the person making the claims has given a smoking gun case, how about a fun little bet (and yes, betting is a form of dueling)

https://lemm.ee/post/55106286

If people are so certain of the allegations they have seen once they think the person making the claims has given a smoking gun case, how about a fun little bet (and yes, betting is a form of dueling) - lemm.ee

i.e. If anyone has heard of the allegations against me and is convinced of them even without both perspectives, they can make a bet with me. Conditions of such a bet: The people who think I am guilty of what I am accused of will give me a week to negate at least 50% of the claims which I am known to say are false. If I lose, I must donate $1521 dollars to someone in medical need and show it before continuing to make money for myself. If I win, those who agree to the bet must do the same thing. Anyone up for this?

CraigOhMyEggoAlt Feb 6, 2025

Someone has been causing me trouble, and I challenge them to a duel

https://lemmy.wtf/post/16211353

Someone has been causing me trouble, and I challenge them to a duel - Lemmy.wtf

First off, as for why I’m doing this on an alt, long story short, the community glitched and became invisible in ML, and I spent maybe a few hours trying to find an instance where I can get to the point without the application process. I am as my name suggests [https://lemmy.ml/u/CraigOhMyEggo] and I guess I’ll be the first person here to challenge a duel. In a world where they can prevent acts of terror, in a world where they can serve as piecemeal war without much tragedy, in a world where it serves as a substitute for something which would amount to escalation and for faulty [https://www.vice.com/en/article/uk-woman-charged-with-harassment-after-cyber-farting-at-her-boyfriends-ex/] due [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rhiannon-evans-sent-farts-to-boyfriends-ex_n_679bb76ae4b0db2051ad1efd] process [https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/uks-first-cyber-farting-case-25-year-old-woman-sends-videos-of-her-passing-gas-to-boyfriend-s-ex-101738199787453.html] (cough cough kangaroo karmacourt cough cough), in a world where they probably want me out too, and in a world where the person I am challenging is willing to engage in actual threats [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9cz0si] against his targets (in that case it’s not me he’s targeting but the person he keeps conflating with me), let’s see if we can settle this the good, bad, and ugly way. This duel will still be valid in archived form and will count as a redeclaration any time it is linked to until the duel is dealt with. I know this person (and their squad [https://x.com/StalkDat/status/1887407588557660452]) isn’t outside the reach of this challenge (or its effects), they have been spying on and trying to affect this other victim (one of them anyways) of theirs whom they (the person causing the trouble) has been trying to get banned from as [https://lemm.ee/post/52532101/17479422] many [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZbCWq1YEao] places [https://www.tumblr.com/deviantartdramahub/774536837958172672/is-it-just-a-rumor-or-was-the-twitter-account-of?source=share] as possible under wrongful, authoritarian pretenses, sometimes even engaging in the kind of [https://web.archive.org/web/20250206125700/https://www.google.com/web/20250206125700/https://www.google.com/search?q=%22canarylogicstudios7567%22&sca_esv=fcc8a1ce826a5642&source=hp&ei=wa2kZ6S9NqPtptQPw5rEkQE&iflsig=ACkRmUkAAAAAZ6S70ekuWiQJbL5RtHtkq5exk6CjUlOz&ved=0ahUKEwjkoc_iiK-LAxWjtokEHUMNMRIQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=%22canarylogicstudios7567%22&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhgiY2FuYXJ5bG9naWNzdHVkaW9zNzU2NyIyBRAhGKsCMgUQIRirAkjBD1AAWJALcAB4AJABAJgBV6AB5gGqAQEzuAEDyAEA-AEB-AECmAICoAK1AcICCBAAGIAEGKIEmAMAkgcBMqAH8wU&sclient=gws-wiz&sei=nLGkZ5mVEcm9kPIPhY6V4AY] deception [https://archive.ph/IHFC5] that would wreak of suspicion (such as, in that case, where someone with no account activity claims to be the friend of someone who he accuses [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COTkLxNAy-E] his main target of impersonating when it wasn’t even her [https://www.tumblr.com/deviantartdramahub/763245243357429760/hiya-all-wanted-to-share-a-psa-which-has-leaked?source=share] who showed any pictures, not that it isn’t telling that such a person just miraculously happened to be available to comment) if not for the fact he knows how to pull on peoples’ stupid strings [https://archive.ph/zPpng] (with him supposedly accusing me of being his main target because she and I share some expressive traits (I would be banned if I was her due to her being banned from the places I say things), not that the effing US president [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQyXiS4qY00] doesn’t share them too for the same reason we do). Here is how this is going to work. You have two weeks to acknowledge this challenge and its terms, and any rejection must coincide with backing off with your demeanor and your threats or you will experience incomprehensible pushback, while agreeing to the duel must entail you agreeing to the terms. This should not be outside of your abilities or understanding as it was the community you claim to fight for who also challenged your main victim to a duel [https://www.tumblr.com/the-abyss-watcher/744099158914433024/so-ive-been-asked?source=share]. The terms: 1. The duel, which will be between you and me, must be one of these (of your choosing): A RuneScape battle, a Mario Kart 8 race, an art contest with the winner decided based on a vote, a real life sorcery duel, or an actual traditional duel. 2. If you win, I will be out of the picture forever, and with your main target’s permission, so will she. If I/we win, you must make a public statement clarifying that all the damning things you said about us were false. 3. Nobody can call off the duel once it has begun. It will be enforced by the people and the administrators. Come forward all who have questions. The other victim, the main one, can answer questions too.

Atlas Obscura Aug 23, 2024

In cases of rape and sexual violence, women had few other avenues for seeking justice.#law #dueling #duels #womenshealth #womenshistory #sexism #medieval #section-Articles
Why Medieval Women Sometimes Fought in Bloody Trials by Combat

Why Medieval Women Sometimes Fought in Bloody Trials by Combat

In cases of rape and sexual violence, women had few other avenues for seeking justice.

Atlas Obscura

WIST Quotations moves again!May 13, 2024

A quotation from Montesquieu, Baron de:

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On this account violence prevails amongst the French; for these laws of honour require a gentleman to avenge himself when he has been insulted; but, on the other hand, justice punishes him unmercifully when he does so. If one follows the laws of honour, one dies upon the scaffold; if one follows those of justice, one is banished for e…
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/montesquieu/69318/

#quote #quotes #quotation #dilemma #dueling #honor #killing

Persian Letters [Lettres Persanes], Letter 91, Usbek to Ibben (1721) [tr. Davidson (1891)] - Montesquieu, Baron de | WIST Quotations

On this account violence prevails amongst the French; for these laws of honour require a gentleman to avenge himself when he has been insulted; but, on the other hand, justice punishes him unmercifully when he does so. If one follows the laws of honour, one dies upon the scaffold; if…

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PrivacyDigest Jan 28, 2024

‘Utter stupidity’: #Missouri #Republican bids to bring back #dueling for senators | Missouri | The Guardian

State #senator Nick #Schroer wants to reintroduce dueling to solve political differences in his statehouse
#wtf #duel #politics

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/26/missouri-republican-dueling-statehouse

‘Utter stupidity’: Missouri Republican bids to bring back dueling for senators

State senator Nick Schroer wants to reintroduce dueling to solve political differences in his statehouse

The Guardian

Jonas Trostle Jan 27, 2024

I saw a news article about some people who want to bring back #dueling. Y'all, dueling never went away, we're just smarter about it now. Like, Gen Z has dueling down: if you offend my honor, then it's "1v1 me in CS:GO right now." Hell, I've seen it in Rocket League, and in there nobody even has to get digitally shot.

#CSGO #RocketLeague