MayhamMondayMar 28
Shopping's done & put away, portioned out the meats to tuck them into the freezer, pre-cooked the rice & chicken breasts that I need for tomorrow's stir fry batch cook & did the extra dishes so I don't have so much to do tomorrow morning. I guess I can go into weekend mode now which is good cuz I am done & thinking about a nap. Oh & I enjoyed watching a movie called the Parenting đź‘Ť that I had saved on the PVR, a good little #Horror #Comedy #Possessions
WIST QuotationsMar 21

A quotation from Horace

But to go mad with watching, nights and days,
To stand in dread of thieves, fires, runaways
Who filch and fly, — in these if wealth consist,
Let me rank lowest on the paupers’ list.
 
[An vigilare metu exanimem, noctesque diesque
formidare malos fures, incendia, servos,
ne te conpilent fugientes, hoc iuvat? Horum
semper ego optarim pauperrimus esse bonorum.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 1, “Qui fit, Mæcenas,” l. 76ff (1.1.76-79) (35 BC) [tr. Conington (1874)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/horace/75767/

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Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 1, "Qui fit, Mæcenas," l. 76ff (1.1.76-79) (35 BC) [tr. Conington (1874)] - Horace | WIST Quotations

But to go mad with watching, nights and days, To stand in dread of thieves, fires, runaways Who filch and fly, -- in these if wealth consist, Let me rank lowest on the paupers' list. [An vigilare metu exanimem, noctesque diesque formidare malos fures, incendia, servos, ne te conpilent fugientes,…

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WIST QuotationsMar 19

A quotation from Matthew Henry

His wealth: He was very rich, v. 2. He was very heavy, so the Hebrew word signifies; for riches are a burden, and those that will be rich do but load themselves with thick clay, Hab. ii. 6. There is a burden of care in getting them, fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, guilt in abusing them, sorrow in losing them, and a burden of account, at last, to be given up concerning them. Great possessions do but make men heavy and unwieldy.

Matthew Henry (1662-1714) English writer, religious philosopher
Exposition of the Old and New Testament, Genesis 13:2 (1706)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/henry-matthew/75732/

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament, Genesis 13:2 (1706) - Henry, Matthew | WIST Quotations

His wealth: He was very rich, v. 2. He was very heavy, so the Hebrew word signifies; for riches are a burden, and those that will be rich do but load themselves with thick clay, Hab. ii. 6. There is a burden of care in getting them, fear in keeping…

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WIST QuotationsMar 11

A quotation from Emerson

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1860), “Wealth,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 3

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #avarice #desire #dissatisfaction #envy #greed #lust #possessions #satisfaction #unsatisfied #want #emerson

damian entwistleMar 7

Today's poem:

A Beautiful House with a Hot Tub and Pool
- by Jason Schneiderman

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/777353648840769536/a-beautiful-house-with-a-hot-tub-and-pool?source=share#poetry

#past #present #relationships #JasonSchneiderman #possessions #attitude #poetry

A Beautiful House with a Hot Tub and Pool

Jason Schneiderman I miss my magnolias, miss my maples, think where did they go, think, oh yes, to the past, that place where everything goes and can I visit? No, but also yes. And can I stay away…

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EconomistaInsolventJan 21

#microrelats #microcontes #escriure #escriureencatalĂ  #relatsencatalĂ  #uncontecadadia #dia1767 #exorcismes #dimonisiesperits #possessions #desokupa

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WIST Quotations has moved!Jan 14

A quotation from Bible, vol. 2, New Testament:

«
Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bible-nt/73825/

#quote #quotes #quotation #possessions #priorities #riches #salvation #wealth #worldliness

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Jan 8

No One Is as #Impressed With Your #Possessions as You Are

https://cavemancircus.com/2025/01/07/no-one-is-as-impressed-with-your-possessions-as-you-are/
#narcissism #capitalism #selfcentered

No One Is as Impressed With Your Possessions as You Are - Caveman Circus

Here’s a hard truth: the car you drive, the house you own, the clothes you wear—they’re a much bigger deal to you than they are to anyone else. That shiny new toy you bought? Most people glance at it for a moment, nod, and then go back to thinking about themselves. Because, let’s be honest, […]

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Daniel RetanaJan 6

What can I say about #Possessions? Besides the fact that’s the #worst #movie from 2024.

A movie about an #StorageUnit facility that reminds me that #TVshow named #StorageWars.
The only real #horror on this movie is that there’s not good items in the units.

By far the most #uninspired horror movie with generic #PlotTwists and a #crappy ending that I’ve ever seen.

Please do not watch, not even if your life depends on it.

#HBOMAX #streaming #movies #boring #WorstMovieOfTheYear

Wisdom in SpaceDec 10

We live in an idiotic capitalist self-indulgent society where the sex life of a pop star is more important than impending starvation, land mines and child soldiers in Africa, or more interesting than the world's biggest man-made natural disaster in oil fields of the Middle East.
-- Peter Menzel (Material World)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #PeterMenzel #Possessions #Wealth

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