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A quotation from Simone de Beauvoir
It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself.
[C’est effrayant de penser qu’on marque ses enfants rien que par ce qu’on est.]Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) French author, existentialist philosopher, feminist theorist
Les Belles Images, ch. 3 (1966) [tr. O’Brian (1968)]More about this quote: wist.info/beauvoir-simone-de/8…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #simonedebeauvoir #beyourself #candor #childrearing #children #honesty #impact #parenting
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
[ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
[ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
[ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
A candor affected is a dagger concealed.
[ἐπιτήδευσις δὲ ἁπλότητος σκάλμη ἐστίν.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 15 (11.15) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/2670…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #attack #authenticity #candor #dagger #deception #duplicity #falsehood #honesty #insincerity #knife #lying #pretense #stiletto #straightforwardness #threat
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GWENDOLEN: On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one’s mind. It becomes a pleasure.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet, wit, dramatist
The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 2 (1895)More info about this quote: wist.info/wilde-oscar/79756/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #oscarwilde #wilde #earnestness #truthtopower #brutalhonesty #candor #duty #plainspeaking #speakout #speakup
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A quotation from Josh Billings
To lie about a man never hurts him, but to tell the truth about him sumtimes duz.
[To lie about a man never hurts him, but to tell the truth about him sometimes does.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-10 (1875 ed.)More info about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/78857/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #candor #defamation #libel #lie #lying #revelation #secret #slander #truth #truthtelling
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A quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Friendship,” Essays: First Series, No. 6More info about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ralphwaldoemerson #candor #friend #friendship #honesty #sincerity #vulnerability
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A quotation from Judith Martin
“Honesty” in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you’re talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.
Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Interview (2011-08), “Q and A with Miss Manners,” by Arcynta Ali Childs, Smithsonian magazineSourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/78439/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #judithmartin #missmanners #candor #honesty #insult #offensiveness #rudeness #inconsideration
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A quotation from Judith Martin
“Honesty” in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you’re talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.
Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Interview (2011-08), “Q and A with Miss Manners,” by Arcynta Ali Childs, Smithsonian magazineSourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/78439/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #judithmartin #missmanners #candor #honesty #insult #offensiveness #rudeness #inconsideration
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A quotation from Judith Martin
“Honesty” in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you’re talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.
Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Interview (2011-08), “Q and A with Miss Manners,” by Arcynta Ali Childs, Smithsonian magazineSourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/78439/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #judithmartin #missmanners #candor #honesty #insult #offensiveness #rudeness #inconsideration
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A quotation from Judith Martin
“Honesty” in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you’re talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.
Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Interview (2011-08), “Q and A with Miss Manners,” by Arcynta Ali Childs, Smithsonian magazineSourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/78439/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #judithmartin #missmanners #candor #honesty #insult #offensiveness #rudeness #inconsideration
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A quotation from Judith Martin
“Honesty” in social life is often used as a cover for rudeness. But there is quite a difference between being candid in what you’re talking about, and people voicing their insulting opinions under the name of honesty.
Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
Interview (2011-08), “Q and A with Miss Manners,” by Arcynta Ali Childs, Smithsonian magazineSourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/78439/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #judithmartin #missmanners #candor #honesty #insult #offensiveness #rudeness #inconsideration
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
If we were all given by magic the power to read each other’s thoughts I suppose the first effect would be that almost all friendships would be dissolved.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 8 “Persecution Mania” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/783…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #candor #discretion #frankness #friendship #mindreading #secrets #telepathy #whitelies
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A quotation from Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, Prologue (2012)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/taleb-nassim-nichola…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #candor #complicity #consent #ethics #fraud #honesty #responsibility #silence #speakingout
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Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but holding it a sound maxim, that it is better to be only sometimes right, than at all times wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Essay (1832-03-09), “Communication to the People of Sangamo County,” Sangamo Journal (1832-03-15)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/7253…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #belief #candor #changeofmind #fallibility #honesty #humility #opinion #selfdeprecation
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A quotation from William Allingham
To think all you say, is but candour;
To say all you think, would be slander.William Allingham (1824–1889) Irish poet, diarist
Blackberries Picked Off Many Bushes (1884)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/allingham-william/20…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #brutalhonesty #candor #courtesy #defamation #filter #honesty #integrity #libel #opinion #politeness #slander -
A quotation from Josh Billings
Confess yure sorrows, yure fears, yure hopes, yure love, and even yure deviltrys tew men, but don’t let them git a smell ov yure poverty—poverty haz no friends, not even among paupers.
[Confess your sorrows, your fears, your hopes, your love, and even your deviltries to men, but don’t let them get a smell of your poverty — poverty has no friends, not even among paupers.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/76728/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bias #candor #economicinjustice #honesty #impoverishment #poverty #prejudice #relationship #shame #transparency
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A quotation from Martin, Judith:
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In its natural state, the child tells the literal truth because it is too naive to think of anything else. Blurting out the complete truth is considered adorable in the young, right smack up to the moment that the child says, “Mommy, is this the fat lady you can’t stand?” At this point, the parent rig…
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A quotation from Martin, Judith:
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In its natural state, the child tells the literal truth because it is too naive to think of anything else. Blurting out the complete truth is considered adorable in the young, right smack up to the moment that the child says, “Mommy, is this the fat lady you can’t stand?” At this point, the parent rig…
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https://wist.info/martin-judith/73872/#quote #quotes #quotation #candor #children #honesty #kindness #naivete #politeness #truth
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A quotation from Martin, Judith:
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In its natural state, the child tells the literal truth because it is too naive to think of anything else. Blurting out the complete truth is considered adorable in the young, right smack up to the moment that the child says, “Mommy, is this the fat lady you can’t stand?” At this point, the parent rig…
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https://wist.info/martin-judith/73872/#quote #quotes #quotation #candor #children #honesty #kindness #naivete #politeness #truth
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"We will never sell or give your email address to anyone" is the biggest non-lie lie.
They just share everything about users at demographic level. And for the right amount of money, even user-level information, only replace mail address with another unique ID. ☹️
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A quotation from #Gaiman, Neil:
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It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
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https://wist.info/gaiman-neil/9988/#quote #quotes #quotation #candor #children #emperor #fool #monarch #naivete #observation #power #prerogative #shame #truth
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A quotation from #Gaiman, Neil:
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It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
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https://wist.info/gaiman-neil/9988/#quote #quotes #quotation #candor #children #emperor #fool #monarch #naivete #observation #power #prerogative #shame #truth
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A quotation from Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.:
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Don’t flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
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https://wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wendell/60410/#quote #quotes #quotation #candor #courtesy #friend #friendship #tact