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“He knew angels and demons existed. The bible said so, didn’t it? But black-eyed men that worshipped some ancient evil from a far-off place in the stars…Sir Richard couldn’t take it seriously; the whole tale was just too outlandish.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/01/27/he-knew-angels-and-demons-existed-the-bible-said-so-didnt-it-but-black-eyed-men-that-worshipped-some-ancient-evil-from-a-far-off-place-in-the-stars-sir-richard-couldnt-take-it-seriously-th/ #AKnightHospitallerNovella #ancientEvil #angels #AngleterreConditionsSociales10661485RomansNouvellesEtc #Bible #blackEyed #book #ChristianHistoricalFiction #CivilisationMeDieValeRomansNouvellesEtc #CivilizationMedieval #CivilizationMedievalFiction #DeMonRomansNouvellesEtc #demons #devil #DevilFiction #england #EnglandSocialConditions10661485Fiction #existed #farOffPlace #fiction #FolkloreMythologyStudies #goodAndEvil #GoodAndEvilFiction #GrandeBretagneHistoireRomansNouvellesEtc #GreatBritain #GreatBritainHistoryFiction #GreatBritainKingsAndRulersFiction #historicalFiction #HistoricalThrillers #history #inTheStars #KingsAndRulers #knew #KnightsMaltaFiction #Malta #men #quote #saidSo #seriously #SocialConditions #StevenAMcKay #TheForestLord #tooOutlandish #wholeTale #worshipped

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A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA: O Zeus, why did you give men certain ways
   to recognize false gold, when there’s no mark,
   no token stamped on the human body,
   to indicate which men are worthless.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ὦ Ζεῦ, τί δὴ χρυσοῦ μὲν ὃς κίβδηλος ᾖ
   τεκμήρι᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ὤπασας σαφῆ,
   ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ ὅτῳ χρὴ τὸν κακὸν διειδέναι
   οὐδεὶς χαρακτὴρ ἐμπέφυκε σώματι;]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 516ff (431 BC) [tr. Johnston (2008)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81527/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 516ff (431 BC) [tr. Johnston (2008)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA: O Zeus, why did you give men certain ways to recognize false gold, when there’s no mark, no token stamped on the human body, to indicate which men are worthless. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ὦ Ζεῦ, τί δὴ χρυσοῦ μὲν ὃς κίβδηλος ᾖ τεκμήρι᾽ ἀνθρώποισιν ὤπασας σαφῆ, ἀνδρῶν δ᾽ ὅτῳ χρὴ τὸν…

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A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA: And furthermore we are women, unable to perform noble deeds, but most skillful architects of every sort of harm.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:                    Πρὸς δὲ καὶ πεφύκαμεν
   γυναῖκες, ἐς μὲν ἔσθλ᾽ ἀμηχανώταται,
   κακῶν δὲ πάντων τέκτονες σοφώταται.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 407ff (431 BC) [tr. Kovacs (Loeb) (1994)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/81335/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 407ff (431 BC) [tr. Kovacs (Loeb) (1994)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA: And furthermore we are women, unable to perform noble deeds, but most skillful architects of every sort of harm. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:Πρὸς δὲ καὶ πεφύκαμεν γυναῖκες, ἐς μὲν ἔσθλ᾽ ἀμηχανώταται, κακῶν δὲ πάντων τέκτονες σοφώταται.] Euripides presses his thumb on the scales a little bit heavily here. (Source (Greek)). Other translations:…

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Quick Quotes Dec 25

“How is it possible that anyone can believe in a kind of God of Evil named Satan or Devil? Surely, evil lies within oneself.”
― Ralph P. Vander Heide

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Dec 19

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

Nothing is so contagious as an example, and our every really good or bad action inspires a similar one.

[Rien n’est si contagieux que l’exemple, et nous ne faisons jamais de grands biens ni de grands maux qui n’en produisent de semblables.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶230 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]

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

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Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶230 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)] - La Rochefoucauld, Francois | WIST Quotations

Nothing is so contagious as an example, and our every really good or bad action inspires a similar one. [Rien n’est si contagieux que l’exemple, et nous ne faisons jamais de grands biens ni de grands maux qui n’en produisent de semblables.] In the manuscript and 1665 ed., this concluded…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Dec 16

A quotation from The Bible

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.” Instead, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

[μὴ ἑαυτοὺς ἐκδικοῦντες, ἀγαπητοί, ἀλλὰ δότε τόπον τῇ ὀργῇ, γέγραπται γάρ, ” Ἐμοὶ ἐκδίκησις, ἐγὼ ἀνταποδώσω,” λέγει κύριος. ἀλλ᾽ ” ἐὰν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός σου, ψώμιζε αὐτόν· ἐὰν διψᾷ, πότιζε αὐτόν· τοῦτο γὰρ ποιῶν ἄνθρακας πυρὸς σωρεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.” μὴ νικῶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ ἀλλὰ νίκα ἐν τῷ ἀγαθῷ τὸ κακόν.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Romans 12:19-21 [NRSV (2021 ed.)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/15586/

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Romans 12:19-21 [NRSV (2021 ed.)] - Bible, vol. 2, New Testament | WIST Quotations

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Microglyphics Dec 3

Solidarity seems like a noble goal, but it's specious at best. When rallying for a cause, we want solidarity – for others to join – but what if we are among the others? #Solidarity comes at the expense of self – fine if you are already committed. Otherwise, not so much.

https://philosophics.blog/2025/12/03/on-the-strange-politics-of-solidarity/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 26

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

And to pursue pleasure as good, and flee from pain as evil — that too is blasphemous. Someone who does that is bound to find himself constantly reproaching nature — complaining that it doesn’t treat the good and bad as they deserve, but often lets the bad enjoy pleasure and the things that produce it, and makes the good suffer pain, and the things that produce pain.

[καὶ μὴν ὁ τὰς ἡδονὰς ὡς ἀγαθὰ διώκων, τοὺς δὲ πόνους ὡς κακὰ φεύγων ἀσεβεῖ: ἀνάγκη γὰρ τὸν τοιοῦτον μέμφεσθαι πολλάκις τῇ κοινῇ φύσει ὡς παῤ ἀξίαν τι ἀπονεμούσῃ τοῖς φαύλοις καὶ τοῖς σπουδαίοις, διὰ τὸ πολλάκις τοὺς μὲν φαύλους ἐν ἡδοναῖς εἶναι καὶ τὰ ποιητικὰ τούτων κτᾶσθαι, τοὺς δὲ σπουδαίους πόνῳ καὶ τοῖς ποιητικοῖς τούτου περιπίπτειν.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 9, ch. 1 (9.1) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hays (2003)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/8047…

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Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 9, ch. 1 (9.1) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hays (2003)] - Marcus Aurelius | WIST Quotations

And to pursue pleasure as good, and flee from pain as evil -- that too is blasphemous. Someone who does that is bound to find himself constantly reproaching nature -- complaining that it doesn’t treat the good and bad as they deserve, but often lets the bad enjoy pleasure and…

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John Griogair Bell Sep 30

“To be honest, I don’t really pay attention to what supervillains say very much anymore. It’s always misunderstood genius this, you’ll regret the day that. Supervillains are, as a rule, drama queens. It gets old.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/09/30/to-be-honest-i-dont-really-pay-attention-to-what-supervillains-say-very-much-anymore-its-always-misunderstood-genius-this-youll-regret-the-day-that-supervillains-are/

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