Mastodawn

MEDEA: I know indeed what evil I intend to do,
   But stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury,
   Fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: Καὶ μανθάνω μὲν οἷα τολμήσω κακά,
   θυμὸς δὲ κρείσσων τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων,
   ὅσπερ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν βροτοῖς.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1078ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 14, 2025

A quotation from Abraham Lincoln

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1838-01-27), Young Men’s Lyceum, Springfield, Illinois

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Speech (1838-01-27), Young Men's Lyceum, Springfield, Illinois - Lincoln, Abraham | WIST Quotations

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Aug 4, 2025

A quotation from Joseph Addison

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief, and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-09-13), The Spectator, No. 169

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Essay (1711-09-13), The Spectator, No. 169 - Addison, Joseph | WIST Quotations

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief, and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

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WIST Quotations moves again!Aug 17, 2023

A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:

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The neurotic feels as though strapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.
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https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/62590/

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jul 18, 2023

A quotation from Ehrlich, Paul:

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In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches.
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WIST Quotations moves again!Mar 3, 2023

A quotation from Grafton, Sue:

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You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change. This is a truth I never seem to learn.
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