WIST Quotations1d ago

A quotation from Horace

Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;
Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;
And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:
   At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.
 
[Verum pone moras et studium lucri
nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium
misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
dulce est desipere in loco.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/73650/

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Horace - Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)] | WIST Quotations

Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end; Think, while there's time, how soon Death's pyre may blaze; And some brief folly mix with prudent ways: At the fit hour 'tis sweet to unbend. [Verum pone moras et studium lucri nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: dulce est…

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Show threadVirtue-ally Unbothered1d ago

Next time you say you will do meaningful work later or take the risk when the timing is better, ask yourself a question. Are you really waiting for the right moment or are you just hiding from the fact that your time is finite and you are spending it like it is not?

#MementoMori #Stoicism #StoicPhilosophy #Mortality #TimeManagement #CareerAdvice #PersonalGrowth #Philosophy #Seneca #MarcusAurelius #LifeLessons (6/6)

Show threadVirtue-ally Unbothered2d ago

Sit with that. Not tomorrow. Now. Because later is the one thing Memento Mori says you don't have.

#MementoMori #Stoicism #Philosophy #Mindfulness #Mortality #Wellness #MentalHealth #SelfImprovement #StoicWisdom #LiveWithPurpose (10/10)

WIST Quotations3d ago

A quotation from Douglas Adams

   “So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly, then?” I asked.
   He blinked at me as if I were stupid.
   “Well what do you think you do?” he said. “You die of course. That’s what deadly means.”

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 2 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/29827/

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Adams, Douglas - Last Chance to See, ch. 2 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine] | WIST Quotations

"So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly, then?" I asked. He blinked at me as if I were stupid. "Well what do you think you do?" he said. "You die of course. That's what deadly means." Talking to a herpetologist before traveling to Komodo, Indonesia.…

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Show threadVirtue-ally Unbothered3d ago

The Stoics didn't think about death because they hated life. They thought about death because they loved life too much to waste a single hour of it.

The morbid ones aren't the philosophers. The morbid ones are the people who've convinced themselves they have forever.

#MementoMori #Stoicism #Philosophy #Mindfulness #Mortality #TimeManagement #StoicWisdom #LifeLessons #Intentionality #LiveWithPurpose (9/9)

RDN4d ago

A longitudinal study of over 16,000 people who were in grades 7-12 in 1994-95 recorded monthly mortality through 2022. The ~7% judged least attractive in 1994-1995 were 1.8 times more likely than others to have died by 2022. Controlling for health and socioeconomic factors did not eliminate the relationship. Mortality hazard was higher for the girls/women.

Summary: https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/study-finds-physical-unattractiveness-in-teens-linked-to-higher-mortality-risk/

Original paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11482-026-10616-4

#Science #Mortality #Appearance

Study Finds Physical Unattractiveness in Teens Linked to Higher Mortality Risk

Adolescent appearance may predict survival into young adulthood, a new study suggests.

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WIST Quotations5d ago

A quotation from Robin Williams

Death is Nature’s way of saying, “Your table is ready.”

Robin Williams (1951-2014) American comedian and actor
(Attributed)

More about this quote: wist.info/williams-robin/84569…

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Williams, Robin - (Attributed) | WIST Quotations

Death is Nature's way of saying, "Your table is ready." Widely attributed to Williams, but without a direct citation (e.g.). The earliest written reference I can find is in 1990.

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Amy SerratJun 20
DEATH ... can only be imagined, never perceived - until it happens. (Maybe not even then.) #errtling #bookcafe #paranormal-things #write #mortality #philosopy

Grim Reaper: Death's Solitude
WIST QuotationsJun 19

A quotation from Steinbeck

In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I just choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to our world.

John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer
East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952)

More about this quote: wist.info/steinbeck-john/84523…

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Steinbeck, John - East of Eden, ch. 34 (1952) | WIST Quotations

In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he…

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Show threadEric Maugendre about carbonJun 19

This new book explains why your elderly parents’ retirement home, the nursery where you drop your children, or the company that pipes water into your kitchen is taken over by an increasingly intricate and deregulated industry.

If a private equity fund is "buying something using a lot a debt, [then] all of that debt is loaded onto the company that the private equity fund has acquired."
"Private equity has moved into care homes, housing, water, nurseries and other essential services."
"We have the power for it to be done otherwise."

Hettie O’Brien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAJKiVQZaks via @oscarjiminy

#mortality #publicHealth #housing #publicServices #retirement #careHomes #hospital #expansion #development #LBO #privateFinance #finance #privateFinance #privateEquity #capitalism #publicPolicy #assets #England #Wales #Scotland #privateSector #UK #Britain #Blackstone #property #realEstate #buildToRent #Macquarie #childCare #careIndustry #taxBreaks #pensions #extraction

How Private Equity Sold Out the West | Hettie O’Brien & Vicky Spratt

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