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A quotation from The Bible

To answer before listening —
This is foolish and disgraceful.
 
[מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃]


The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 20. Proverbs 18:13 (Prov 18:13) [RJPS (2023 ed.)]

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Bible, vol. 1, Old Testament - Book 20. Proverbs 18:13ff (Prov 18:13) [RJPS (2023 ed.)] | WIST Quotations

To answer before listening -- This is foolish and disgraceful. [מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃] See La Rochefoucauld (1665). (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations: He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. [KJV (1611)] To retort without first listening is folly…

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A quotation from Bertrand Russell

In fact the whole antithesis between self and the rest of the world, which is implied in the doctrine of self-denial, disappears as soon as we have any genuine interest in persons or things outside ourselves. Through such interests a man comes to feel himself part of the stream of life, not a hard separate entity like a billiard-ball, which can have no relation with other such entities except that of collision.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 17 “The Happy Man” (1930)

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Russell, Bertrand - Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 17 "The Happy Man" (1930) | WIST Quotations

In fact the whole antithesis between self and the rest of the world, which is implied in the doctrine of self-denial, disappears as soon as we have any genuine interest in persons or things outside ourselves. Through such interests a man comes to feel himself part of the stream of…

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A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

Of course no one is so sensitive as you, but try to remember they think they are.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1966)

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The Second Neurotic's Notebook, ch. 4 (1966) - McLaughlin, Mignon | WIST Quotations

Of course no one is so sensitive as you, but try to remember they think they are.

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A quotation from C. C. Colton

Power multiplies flatterers, and flatterers multiply our delusions by hiding us from ourselves.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 25 (1822)

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Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 25 (1822) - Colton, Charles Caleb | WIST Quotations

Power multiplies flatterers, and flatterers multiply our delusions by hiding us from ourselves.

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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Selfish,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1057/

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"Selfish," The Devil's Dictionary (1911) - Bierce, Ambrose | WIST Quotations

SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. Originally published in The Devil's Dictionary [A-Z] as Vol. 7 of his Collected Works.

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A quotation from Hazlitt

The least pain in our little finger gives more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English writer
Essay (1829-10), “American Literature — Dr. Channing,” Edinburgh Review, Vol. 50, No. 99, Art. 7

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jun 27, 2025

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

One of the reasons why there are so few reasonable and pleasant conversationalists is that almost everyone concentrates on what he wishes to say, rather than attempting to give accurate and clear replies to what is said to him.
 
[Une des choses qui fait que l’on trouve si peu de gens qui paroissent raisonnables et agréables dans la conversation, c’est qu’il n’y a presque personne qui ne pense plutôt à ce qu’il veut dire qu’à répondre précisément à ce qu’on lui dit.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶139 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957), ¶139]

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Apr 29, 2025

"WaPo should apologize for endorsing Pam Bondi. There were plenty of red flags before she became Trump’s fascist enforcer."

~ Mark Jacob

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https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/wapo-should-apologize-for-endorsing

WaPo should apologize for endorsing Pam Bondi

There were plenty of red flags before she became Trump’s fascist enforcer.

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William Lindsey Apr 29, 2025

Wajahat Ali reminds us how the corporate media are continuing to behave as the clown-show fascism (Michael Tomasky's term) rolls out:

"At the pathetic and groveling White House Correspondents’ Dinner over the weekend, the mainstream media’s remoras assembled to engage in mutual verbal fellatio and enjoy the 'glam' during the ascent of fascism."

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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/100-days-of-americas-self-destruction

100 Days of American Self-Destruction

Do we feel great again? Of course not. In less than 100 days, the toxic stupidity, cruelty, & racism of Trump have infected the country & the world, threatening to ruin alliances & the global economy.

The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali
WIST Quotations Has Moved!Mar 26, 2025

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

When I speak of “the sinner”, I do not mean the man who commits sin: sins are committed by everyone or no one, according to our definition of the word. I mean the man who is absorbed in the consciousness of sin. This man is perpetually incurring his own disapproval, which, if he is religious, he interprets as the disapproval of God. He has an image of himself as he thinks he ought to be, which is in continual conflict with his knowledge of himself as he is.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/758…

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Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 "What Makes People Unhappy?" (1930) - Russell, Bertrand | WIST Quotations

When I speak of "the sinner," I do not mean the man who commits sin: sins are committed by everyone or no one, according to our definition of the word. I mean the man who is absorbed in the consciousness of sin. This man is perpetually incurring his own disapproval,…

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