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A prodigal starts with ten thousand pounds, and dies worth nothing; a miser starts with nothing, and does worth ten thousand pounds. It has been asked which has had the best of it? I should presume the prodigal; he has spent a fortune — but the miser has only left one; — he has lived rich, to die poor; the miser has lived poor, to die rich; and if the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it, still deeper in debt to himself.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 131 (1822)

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 9, 2025

A quotation from The Bible

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

[καὶ μετ᾽ οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας συναγαγὼν πάντα ὁ νεώτερος υἱὸς ἀπεδήμησεν εἰς χώραν μακρὰν καὶ ἐκεῖ διεσκόρπισεν τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ ζῶν ἀσώτως.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Luke 15: 13, “Parable of the Prodigal Son” (Jesus) [KJV (1611)]

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William McAusland Nov 28, 2024

Wastrel: This character was the local drunk or junkie and has worn out their welcome.

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Deepak Kumar Vasudevan Jul 25, 2024

"The Crime Munnetra Kazhagam

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WIST Quotations moves again!Apr 18, 2024

A quotation from Cicero, Marcus Tullius:

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But if they should seek only revels and mistresses in wine and in the dice, they might be so despaired of indeed, but still they would be endurable. But who can endure this, that indolent fellows should lie in wait for the bravest men, the most foolish for the most prudent, the drunken for the …
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Orationes in Catilinam [Catilinarian Orations], No. 2, ch. 5 / § 10 (2.5.10) (63-11-09 BC) [tr. Mongan (1879)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations

But if they should seek only revels and mistresses in wine and in the dice, they might be so despaired of indeed, but still they would be endurable. But who can endure this, that indolent fellows should lie in wait for the bravest men, the most foolish for the most…

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A quotation from Augustine of Hippo:

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We pursued an empty fame and popularity even down to the applause of the playhouse, poetical competitions, and contests for garlands of grass, foolish plays on the stage, and unbridled lusts.
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Confessions, Book 4, ch. 1 / ¶ 1 (4.1.1) (c. AD 398) [tr. Ryan (1960)] - Augustine of Hippo | WIST Quotations

We pursued an empty fame and popularity even down to the applause of the playhouse, poetical competitions, and contests for garlands of grass, foolish plays on the stage, and unbridled lusts. [Hac popularis gloriae sectantes inanitatem, usque ad theatricos plausus et contentiosa carmina et agonem coronarum faenearum et spectaculorum nugas…

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Deepak Kumar Vasudevan May 4, 2023

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Peter Fokes Nov 12, 2022

#Introduction Fan of #literature, #cats, #fireplaces, #wingback chairs, #foggyhorizons. Roles: editor, freelance writer, researcher. Trader. Layabout (although not a #wastrel). #humour, #humor. Live by a Great Lake. Surrounded by #trees and #cicadas. Absorbed the ruminations of McLuhan at U of T. “There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”

Iambic Petermeter Nov 8, 2022

#Introduction Fan of #literature, #cats, #fireplaces, #wingchairs, #foggyhorizons. Roles: editor, freelance writer, researcher. Trader. Layabout (although not a #wastrel). #humour, #humor. Live by a Great Lake. Surrounded by #trees and #cicadas. Absorbed the ruminations of McLuhan at U of T. “There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”