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True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.

[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]

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], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)] | WIST Quotations

True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more. [La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.] Present in the 1st (1665) edition. In manuscript it begins "L’éloquence est de ne dire que ce qu’il faut…

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Who Let The Dogs Out 🐾Dec 27

#travel #needful

-- Какие у автомобиля есть слабые места?
Что может сломаться в дальней дороге?
Я хочу поехать в другой город за 1 000 км от дома, но боюсь, что машина сломается.
Колесо я, скажем, могу поменять, а вдруг что посерьёзнее будет?
Что часто ломается в пути у авто и какие брать запчасти в дорогу?
Какой брать инструмент?

-- Бери только самое нужное.
Домкрат. Чемоданчик ключей с головками. Насос. Масло. Тормозуху. Тосол. Ремень ГРМ и генератора.
Пару лампочек. Пяток предохранителей. Запаску. Шланг тормозной - одна штука.
Телефон с запасной батарейкой. Карту. Поесть-попить.
Бензин. Топор. Нож. Ружьё. Наличные. Водку. Аптечку. Презервативы.
Воду питьевую. Книжку по ремонту.
Просто интересную книжку. Туалетную бумагу.
Собак и кошек не бери. Попутчиков тоже.
Трос буксировочный. Тёплую одежду, если на север. От комаров средство.
Кусок электропровода. Кусок проволоки любой.
Тряпку. Ведро. Очки. Свечи зажигания. Свечи церковные.

Счастливого пути.

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 29, 2025

A quotation from Euripides

MENELAUS:        But so it has to be.
   For the saying is not mine, but it was wisely said,
   that nothing has more strength than dire necessity.

[ΜΕΝΕΛΈΩΣ:        ἀλλ᾽ ἀναγκαίως ἔχει.
   λόγος γάρ ἐστιν οὐκ ἐμός, σοφὸν δ᾽ ἔπος,
   δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχύειν πλέον.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 512ff (412 BC) [tr. Lattimore (1956)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/78063/

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endolexi Feb 12, 2025

The realisation of one's existence to be a fundamentally #needful one is a prerequisite to understand the limits of #autonomy as a "selfmade" myth -- and to adopt the notion of #Freedom in #relatedness :

I should be aware, and make conscious choices where possible, about the people and organisations I relate to and depend on, and in what ways, in past, present and future.

And I express lifetime gratitude to @antjeschrupp , Ina Praetorius and so many other people for so many insights. 💜

WIST Quotations moves again!Dec 8, 2023

A quotation from Carlyle, Thomas:

«
Manhood begins when we have in any way made truce with Necessity; begins even when we have surrendered to Necessity, as the most part only do; but begins joyfully and hopefully only when we have reconciled ourselves to Necessity; and thus, in reality, triumphed over it, and felt that in Necessity we are free.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/5522/

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"Burns," Edinburgh Review No. 96, Art. 1 (1828-12) - Carlyle, Thomas | WIST Quotations

Manhood begins when we have in any way made truce with Necessity; begins even when we have surrendered to Necessity, as the most part only do; but begins joyfully and hopefully only when we have reconciled ourselves to Necessity; and thus, in reality, triumphed over it, and felt that in…

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