WIST QuotationsApr 24

A quotation from Horace

The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none’s so wild,
But may be tame, and may be wisely mild,
If they consult true Vertue’s Rules with care,
And lend to good advice a patient ear.
 
[Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator,
nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit,
si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/78567/

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Horace - Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 "To Maecenas," l. 38ff (1.1.38-40) (20 BC) [tr. Creech (1684)] | WIST Quotations

The Rash, the Lazy, Lover, none's so wild, But may be tame, and may be wisely mild, If they consult true Vertue's Rules with care, And lend to good advice a patient ear. [Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator, nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, si modo culturae patientem…

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Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈Apr 11
#MissKittyArt #tech rant The Samsung #s11tabultra has issues. It's fucking #huge which is awesome, once you learn how to use it. It is 239 #PPI on a big screen. #Art & #design heaven. But the bounce bar off the bottom is way too sensitive #stealing #screen. It has #memory #faults out the ass.
WIST QuotationsFeb 27

A quotation from Horace

Dear sire, and offspring worthy of your fire!
We bards are dupes to what ourselves admire.
Would I be brief — I grow confused and coarse;
Who aims at smoothness, fails in fire and force;
In him who soars aloft, bombast is found;
Who fears to face the tempest, crawls aground.
Who courts variety and fain would ring
A thousand changes on the self-same string,
Will paint, as ’twere in fancy’s wildest mood
Boars in the wave and dolphins in the wood.
Thus even error, shun’d without address,
Breeds error, diff’rent in its kind, not less.
 
[Maxima pars vatum, pater et iuvenes patre digni,
decipimur specie recti: brevis esse laboro,
obscurus fio; sectantem levia nervi
deficiunt animique; professus grandia turget;
serpit humi tutus nimium timidusque procellae:
qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter unam,
delphinum silvis adpingit, fluctibus aprum:
in vitium ducit culpae fuga, si caret arte.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 3 “Art of Poetry [Ars Poetica; To the Pisos],” l. 24ff (2.3.24-31) (19 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14582/

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Horace - Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 3 "Art of Poetry [Ars Poetica; To the Pisos]," l. 24ff (2.3.24-31) (19 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)] | WIST Quotations

Dear sire, and offspring worthy of your fire! We bards are dupes to what ourselves admire. Would I be brief -- I grow confused and coarse; Who aims at smoothness, fails in fire and force; In him who soars aloft, bombast is found; Who fears to face the tempest, crawls…

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WIST QuotationsFeb 14

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

We try to make virtues of the faults we do not wish to correct.
 
[Nous essayons de nous faire honneur des défauts que nous ne voulons pas corriger.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶442 (1665-1678) [tr. Kronenberger (1959)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

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La Rochefoucauld, Francois - Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶442 (1665-1678) [tr. Kronenberger (1959)] | WIST Quotations

We try to make virtues of the faults we do not wish to correct. [Nous essayons de nous faire honneur des défauts que nous ne voulons pas corriger.] First appeared in the 5th (1678) edition. (Source (French)). Other translations: We attempt to Vindicate, and value our selves upon those Faults…

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Garrett SpeedFeb 6

I learned a lot from the first gold foil map I had printed that I made an update.

I wasn't originally going to get another print, however I see that Prodigi has this method now available in the EU. I was also already going to send a copy to someone who helped guide my husband and I in Niigata and Kyoto.

Make the map darker overall, it contrasts better with the gold foil. Make the gold symbols bigger, they are much more clear.

#cartography #qgis #earthquakes #volcanoes #faults #geology

WIST QuotationsJan 22

A quotation from Josh Billings

Love iz sed tew be blind, but i kno lots ov phellows in love, who kan see twice az mutch in their sweethearts as i kan.
 
[Love is said to be blind, but I know lots of fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I can.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1870-12 (1870 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/81588/

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1870-12 (1870 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Love iz sed tew be blind, but i kno lots ov phellows in love, who kan see twice az mutch in their sweethearts as i kan. [Love is said to be blind, but I know lots of fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as…

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Planetary EcologistJan 14

Dip-slip fault (Geology ⛰️)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic forces, with the largest forming the boundaries between the plates, such as the megathrust f...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dip-slip_fault

#DipSlipFault #EarthSCrust #Stratigraphy #Faults #StructuralGeology #TectonicLandforms

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Daily Times - Latest Pakistan News, World, Business, Sports, Lifestyle [Unofficial]Jan 9

Achakzai faults PTI discipline for Imran’s jailing

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1432615/achakzai-faults-pti-discipline-for-imrans-jailing/

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Thuringia's Interior Minister Georg Maier has publicly voiced concerns regarding the progress and efficacy of the joint federal-state working group tasked with... https://news.osna.fm/?p=25784 | #news #approach #extremism #faults #federal
State Minister Faults Federal Approach to Right-Wing Extremism - Osna.FM

Interior Minister Maier criticizes Germany's federal-state task force on handling AfD members in government agencies and regarding gun ownership.

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Alive in ChristOct 3, 2025
Pride can manifest in unexpected ways, leading to a dangerous sense of self-sufficiency. It can hinder recognizing faults and seeking repentance. Discover the twofold aspect of pride and its impact. #pride #repentance #faults #humility #faith