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It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in the retrospect. We should have been cut-throats to do otherwise. And there’s an end. We ought to know distinctly that we are damned for what we do wrong; but when we have done right, we have only been gentlemen, after all. There is nothing to make a work about.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 6 “Right and Wrong”

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Stevenson, Robert Louis - Essay (1880-01/02?), "Reflections and Remarks on Human Life," § 6 "Right and Wrong" | WIST Quotations

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in the retrospect. We should have been cut-throats to do otherwise. And there’s an end. We ought to know distinctly that we are damned for what we do wrong; but when we have done right, we have only…

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A quotation from Cicero

Let us spurn the rewards of today and look to future glory; let us deem best what is most honorable; let us hope for what we want, but bear what befalls us; finally, let us consider that even the bodies of brave men and great citizens are mortal; but that activity of the mind and the glory of virtue are for ever.

[Praesentis fructus neglegamus, posteritatis gloriae serviamus; id esse optimum putemus quod erit rectissimum; speremus quae volumus, sed quod acciderit feramus; cogitemus denique corpus virorum fortium magnorum hominum esse mortale, animi vero motus et virtutis gloriam sempiternam.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 68 / sec. 143 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2011)]

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius - Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 68 / sec. 143 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2011)] | WIST Quotations

Let us spurn the rewards of today and look to future glory; let us deem best what is most honorable; let us hope for what we want, but bear what befalls us; finally, let us consider that even the bodies of brave men and great citizens are mortal; but that…

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LM Little 2d ago

Patience is a #virtue.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-man-grows-pineapple-at-home-9.7152274

#Yukon #fruit #pineapple

Yukon man grows pineapple at home — and it only took 9 years | CBC News

When Alex Oberg finally cut into the fruit for a taste, it was a bit sour. 'We maybe could have waited a little bit longer,' he said.

CBC

Bhante Nuntiyo Bhikkhu 4d ago

Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
~Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
#disobedience #rebellion #virtue #progress

Aubrey Taylor, Editor 5d ago

an autistic perspective of death…(remastered with audio reading)

We've all experienced loss, and many know someone who is Neurodivergent or Autistic. Ever wonder why it takes longer for someone on the Spectrum to recover from loss, especially death? Here's some insight into those unseen struggles.

https://thedignityofman.net/2026/04/05/an-autistic-perspective-of-deathremastered-with-audio-reading/

WIST Quotations 6d ago

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart — the best brain. Superiority is born of honesty, of virtue, of charity, and above all, of the love of liberty. The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Speech (1883-10-22), “Liberty,” Address on the Civil Rights Act, Lincoln Hall, Washington, D. C.

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Ingersoll, Robert Green - Speech (1883-10-22), "Liberty," Address on the Civil Rights Act, Lincoln Hall, Washington, D. C. | WIST Quotations

Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart -- the best brain. Superiority is born of honesty, of virtue, of charity, and above all, of the love of liberty. The superior man is the providence of the…

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N-gated Hacker News Apr 2

Oh, look! A website where you can hover over blinking dots to "remember" 72,000 lives, as if they were just pixels on a screen. Because nothing says meaningful homage like a digital version of Minesweeper with a side of ✨virtue signaling✨.
https://bkhmsi.github.io/i-am-not-a-number/ #digitalmemorials #virtue #signaling #onlinehomage #techcritique #pixelart #72000lives #HackerNews #ngated

I Am Not a Number

A memorial for the 60,199 Palestinian victims of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Each dot is a name. Each name was a life.

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A quotation from Thomas More

   Will thou know what wonders strange be in the land that late was found?
   Will thou learn thy life to lead, by divers ways that godly be?
   Will thou of virtue and vice understand the very ground?
   Will thou see this wretched world, how full it is of vanity?

[Vis nova monstra, novo dudum nunc orbe reperto?
   Vivendi varia uis ratione modos?
Vis qui virtutum fontes, vis unde malorum
   Principia? et quantum rebus inane latet?]

Thomas More (1478-1535) English lawyer, social philosopher, statesman, humanist, Christian martyr
Utopia, “A Meter of Four Verses in the Utopian Tongue,” “Cornelius Graphey to the Reader” (1516 ed.) [tr. Open Utopia (Duncombe) (2012)]

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More, Thomas - Utopia, "A Meter of Four Verses in the Utopian Tongue," "Cornelius Graphey to the Reader" (1516 ed.) [tr. Open Utopia (Duncombe) (2012)] | WIST Quotations

Will thou know what wonders strange be in the land that late was found? Will thou learn thy life to lead, by divers ways that godly be? Will thou of virtue and vice understand the very ground? Will thou see this wretched world, how full it is of vanity? [Vis…

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A quotation from Bill Watterson

CALVIN: Hobbes, do you think our morality is defined by our actions, or by what’s in our hearts?
HOBBES: I think our actions show what’s in our hearts.
CALVIN: (after consideration) I resent that!

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1990-10-18)

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