#blather — Public Fediverse posts
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
As great minds can express much in a few words, so small minds have the contrary talent of talking a great deal without saying anything at all.
[Comme c’est le caractère des grands esprits de faire entendre en peu de paroles beaucoup de choses, les petits esprits, au contraire, ont le don de beaucoup parler, et de ne rien dire.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶142 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
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Per #NBC#tRumpdoings #campaign #blather
A #fundraising text message went out at the same time, thundering that he would “#neversurrender.” Trump’s fundraising has surged during moments of potential #legal peril, delivering him much-needed financial and messaging boosts as he navigates the challenges of another #WhiteHouse run.
“I JUST #STORMED OUT OF #COURT!” he hammered in the message. “They think I’m finished but I’LL NEVER SURRENDER.”
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A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
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