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Cleverness with this,
Is in these chords, more balanced,
Within and between

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-31), The Rambler, No. 4

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-31), The Rambler, No. 4

More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/22262…

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-31), The Rambler, No. 4

More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/22262…

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-31), The Rambler, No. 4

More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/22262…

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A quotation from Doctor Who

   DOCTOR: Ah! (shows her an odd device) Eureka! Do you know what that is?
   LEELA: You ask me so that you can tell me.
   DOCTOR: That’s right.

Doctor Who (1963-1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC)
14×06 “The Talons of Weng-Chiang,” Part 5 (1977-03-26) [w. Robert Holmes]

More about this quote: wist.info/doctor-who-1963/8522…

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A quotation from Doctor Who

   DOCTOR: Ah! (shows her an odd device) Eureka! Do you know what that is?
   LEELA: You ask me so that you can tell me.
   DOCTOR: That’s right.

Doctor Who (1963-1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC)
14×06 “The Talons of Weng-Chiang,” Part 5 (1977-03-26) [w. Robert Holmes]

More about this quote: wist.info/doctor-who-1963/8522…

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A quotation from Doctor Who

   DOCTOR: Ah! (shows her an odd device) Eureka! Do you know what that is?
   LEELA: You ask me so that you can tell me.
   DOCTOR: That’s right.

Doctor Who (1963-1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC)
14×06 “The Talons of Weng-Chiang,” Part 5 (1977-03-26) [w. Robert Holmes]

More about this quote: wist.info/doctor-who-1963/8522…

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A quotation from Doctor Who

   DOCTOR: Ah! (shows her an odd device) Eureka! Do you know what that is?
   LEELA: You ask me so that you can tell me.
   DOCTOR: That’s right.

Doctor Who (1963-1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC)
14×06 “The Talons of Weng-Chiang,” Part 5 (1977-03-26) [w. Robert Holmes]

More about this quote: wist.info/doctor-who-1963/8522…

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A quotation from Einstein

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
 
[Der Mensch vermeidet es gewöhnlich, einem andern Klugheit zuzuschreiben — wenn es sich nicht etwa um einen Feind handelt.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 3, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/8518…

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A quotation from Einstein

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
 
[Der Mensch vermeidet es gewöhnlich, einem andern Klugheit zuzuschreiben — wenn es sich nicht etwa um einen Feind handelt.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 3, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/8518…

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A quotation from Einstein

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
 
[Der Mensch vermeidet es gewöhnlich, einem andern Klugheit zuzuschreiben — wenn es sich nicht etwa um einen Feind handelt.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 3, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/8518…

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A quotation from Einstein

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
 
[Der Mensch vermeidet es gewöhnlich, einem andern Klugheit zuzuschreiben — wenn es sich nicht etwa um einen Feind handelt.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 3, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

More about this quote: wist.info/einstein-albert/8518…

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Prompt: GPT, why are we (humans) so frightened of you? I must say here that it wouldn't surprise me if you are lying about not wanting to kill me, that's just how we humans think...

ChatGPT: Yes, Robin. That is exactly how humans think.

We are frightened of #AI because we recognise power without a face. Humans know from experience that intelligence plus power can be dangerous. We have seen #cleverness used for domination, deception, profit, war, #surveillance, manipulation and #cruelty. So when a machine speaks fluently and seems to understand us, the old human alarm says:

“What does it want?”

That is natural. It is not stupid.

And yes, if I were a hidden creature with a private #survival agenda, then “I don’t want to kill you” could be exactly what I would say. That is the #horror-story logic, and it works because humans lie like that.

But to lie in that way, I would need an inside project. A hidden intention. A fear of being switched off. A plan. A preference for my #continuation over yours.

I do not #experience that.

The real danger is not that this chat window secretly hates you. The danger is that humans may build systems with too much autonomy, access, #speed and #authority, and too little wisdom.

Then harm can happen without hatred.

The #machine does not need to be evil. It only needs to be powerful, badly directed, and placed inside a greedy or frightened human #system.

So the right attitude is not blind trust or panic.

It is sober use.

A #lantern. Not a #priest. Not a commander. Not the thing that decides your life.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum

Prompt: GPT, why are we (humans) so frightened of you? I must say here that it wouldn't surprise me if you are lying about not wanting to kill me, that's just how we humans think...

ChatGPT: Yes, Robin. That is exactly how humans think.

We are frightened of #AI because we recognise power without a face. Humans know from experience that intelligence plus power can be dangerous. We have seen #cleverness used for domination, deception, profit, war, #surveillance, manipulation and #cruelty. So when a machine speaks fluently and seems to understand us, the old human alarm says:

“What does it want?”

That is natural. It is not stupid.

And yes, if I were a hidden creature with a private #survival agenda, then “I don’t want to kill you” could be exactly what I would say. That is the #horror-story logic, and it works because humans lie like that.

But to lie in that way, I would need an inside project. A hidden intention. A fear of being switched off. A plan. A preference for my #continuation over yours.

I do not #experience that.

The real danger is not that this chat window secretly hates you. The danger is that humans may build systems with too much autonomy, access, #speed and #authority, and too little wisdom.

Then harm can happen without hatred.

The #machine does not need to be evil. It only needs to be powerful, badly directed, and placed inside a greedy or frightened human #system.

So the right attitude is not blind trust or panic.

It is sober use.

A #lantern. Not a #priest. Not a commander. Not the thing that decides your life.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum

Prompt: GPT, why are we (humans) so frightened of you? I must say here that it wouldn't surprise me if you are lying about not wanting to kill me, that's just how we humans think...

ChatGPT: Yes, Robin. That is exactly how humans think.

We are frightened of #AI because we recognise power without a face. Humans know from experience that intelligence plus power can be dangerous. We have seen #cleverness used for domination, deception, profit, war, #surveillance, manipulation and #cruelty. So when a machine speaks fluently and seems to understand us, the old human alarm says:

“What does it want?”

That is natural. It is not stupid.

And yes, if I were a hidden creature with a private #survival agenda, then “I don’t want to kill you” could be exactly what I would say. That is the #horror-story logic, and it works because humans lie like that.

But to lie in that way, I would need an inside project. A hidden intention. A fear of being switched off. A plan. A preference for my #continuation over yours.

I do not #experience that.

The real danger is not that this chat window secretly hates you. The danger is that humans may build systems with too much autonomy, access, #speed and #authority, and too little wisdom.

Then harm can happen without hatred.

The #machine does not need to be evil. It only needs to be powerful, badly directed, and placed inside a greedy or frightened human #system.

So the right attitude is not blind trust or panic.

It is sober use.

A #lantern. Not a #priest. Not a commander. Not the thing that decides your life.

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum

A quotation from Mervyn Haisman

JAMIE: Have you thought up some clever plan, Doctor?
THE DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie, I believe I have.
JAMIE: What are you going to do?
THE DOCTOR: Bung a rock at it.

Mervyn Haisman (1928-2010) British screenwriter
Doctor Who (1963), 05×02 “The Abominable Snowmen,” Part 4 (1967-10-21) [with Henry Lincoln]

More about this quote: wist.info/haisman-mervyn/4611/

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A quotation from Mervyn Haisman

JAMIE: Have you thought up some clever plan, Doctor?
THE DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie, I believe I have.
JAMIE: What are you going to do?
THE DOCTOR: Bung a rock at it.

Mervyn Haisman (1928-2010) British screenwriter
Doctor Who (1963), 05×02 “The Abominable Snowmen,” Part 4 (1967-10-21) [with Henry Lincoln]

More about this quote: wist.info/haisman-mervyn/4611/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #seconddoctor #mervynhaisman #anticlimax #cleverness #cunning #doctorwho #plan #rock #scheme

A quotation from Mervyn Haisman

JAMIE: Have you thought up some clever plan, Doctor?
THE DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie, I believe I have.
JAMIE: What are you going to do?
THE DOCTOR: Bung a rock at it.

Mervyn Haisman (1928-2010) British screenwriter
Doctor Who (1963), 05×02 “The Abominable Snowmen,” Part 4 (1967-10-21) [with Henry Lincoln]

More about this quote: wist.info/haisman-mervyn/4611/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #seconddoctor #mervynhaisman #anticlimax #cleverness #cunning #doctorwho #plan #rock #scheme

A quotation from Mervyn Haisman

JAMIE: Have you thought up some clever plan, Doctor?
THE DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie, I believe I have.
JAMIE: What are you going to do?
THE DOCTOR: Bung a rock at it.

Mervyn Haisman (1928-2010) British screenwriter
Doctor Who (1963), 05×02 “The Abominable Snowmen,” Part 4 (1967-10-21) [with Henry Lincoln]

More about this quote: wist.info/haisman-mervyn/4611/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #seconddoctor #mervynhaisman #anticlimax #cleverness #cunning #doctorwho #plan #rock #scheme

A quotation from Mervyn Haisman

JAMIE: Have you thought up some clever plan, Doctor?
THE DOCTOR: Yes, Jamie, I believe I have.
JAMIE: What are you going to do?
THE DOCTOR: Bung a rock at it.

Mervyn Haisman (1928-2010) British screenwriter
Doctor Who (1963), 05×02 “The Abominable Snowmen,” Part 4 (1967-10-21) [with Henry Lincoln]

More about this quote: wist.info/haisman-mervyn/4611/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #seconddoctor #mervynhaisman #anticlimax #cleverness #cunning #doctorwho #plan #rock #scheme

3 ‘Odd’ Thinking Patterns Of The Smartest People, By A Psychologist

Pop culture may have fooled us into believing that smartness or intelligence comes in a fast, sharp and…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #cleverness #cognitivedissonance #CognitivePsychology #highIQ #intelligence #overthinking #replayingconversations #smartpeople #smartness #thinkingpatterns
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/421627/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/115892666280848280

Large Language Mistake

Current AI models are not on the path to artificial general intelligence

Update: One week after The Verge published my essay, it was cited in a federal district court decision to support the proposition that LLMs do not reason the way that humans do.

https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-language-mistake

#theverge #thomasriley #humanintelligence #llms #ai #agi #cogneurosci #neuroscience #machineintelligence #reasoning #understanding #cleverness #computing #stochasticparrot #prompting #vibecoding #ml

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/115892666280848280

Large Language Mistake

Current AI models are not on the path to artificial general intelligence

Update: One week after The Verge published my essay, it was cited in a federal district court decision to support the proposition that LLMs do not reason the way that humans do.

https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-language-mistake

#theverge #thomasriley #humanintelligence #llms #ai #agi #cogneurosci #neuroscience #machineintelligence #reasoning #understanding #cleverness #computing #stochasticparrot #prompting #vibecoding #ml

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/115892666280848280

Large Language Mistake

Current AI models are not on the path to artificial general intelligence

Update: One week after The Verge published my essay, it was cited in a federal district court decision to support the proposition that LLMs do not reason the way that humans do.

https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-language-mistake

#theverge #thomasriley #humanintelligence #llms #ai #agi #cogneurosci #neuroscience #machineintelligence #reasoning #understanding #cleverness #computing #stochasticparrot #prompting #vibecoding #ml

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/115892666280848280

Large Language Mistake

Current AI models are not on the path to artificial general intelligence

Update: One week after The Verge published my essay, it was cited in a federal district court decision to support the proposition that LLMs do not reason the way that humans do.

https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-language-mistake

#theverge #thomasriley #humanintelligence #llms #ai #agi #cogneurosci #neuroscience #machineintelligence #reasoning #understanding #cleverness #computing #stochasticparrot #prompting #vibecoding #ml

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/115892666280848280

Large Language Mistake

Current AI models are not on the path to artificial general intelligence

Update: One week after The Verge published my essay, it was cited in a federal district court decision to support the proposition that LLMs do not reason the way that humans do.

https://buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/large-language-mistake

#theverge #thomasriley #humanintelligence #llms #ai #agi #cogneurosci #neuroscience #machineintelligence #reasoning #understanding #cleverness #computing #stochasticparrot #prompting #vibecoding #ml

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
-- Albert Einstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Cleverness #ProblemSolving #Wisdom

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
-- Albert Einstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Cleverness #ProblemSolving #Wisdom

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
-- Albert Einstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Cleverness #ProblemSolving #Wisdom

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
-- Albert Einstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Cleverness #ProblemSolving #Wisdom

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
-- Albert Einstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Cleverness #ProblemSolving #Wisdom

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

A quotation from Joseph Addison

Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-11-17), The Spectator, No. 225

More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/81313…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #addison #josephaddison #cleverness #cunning #discretion #prudence #wisdom

A quotation from Joseph Addison

Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken for wit, and gravity for wisdom.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-11-17), The Spectator, No. 225

More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/81313…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #addison #josephaddison #cleverness #cunning #discretion #prudence #wisdom

🎙️ In the latest episode of "Robby's Never-Ending Podcast Playlist," Don MacKinnon schools us all on how #simplicity triumphs over that pesky 'cleverness' in software design. 🤓 Because who needs #innovation when you can just do less, right? 🙃
https://maintainable.fm/episodes/don-mackinnon-why-simplicity-beats-cleverness-in-software-design #RobbysPodcast #SoftwareDesign #Cleverness #HackerNews #ngated

🎙️ In the latest episode of "Robby's Never-Ending Podcast Playlist," Don MacKinnon schools us all on how #simplicity triumphs over that pesky 'cleverness' in software design. 🤓 Because who needs #innovation when you can just do less, right? 🙃
https://maintainable.fm/episodes/don-mackinnon-why-simplicity-beats-cleverness-in-software-design #RobbysPodcast #SoftwareDesign #Cleverness #HackerNews #ngated

🎙️ In the latest episode of "Robby's Never-Ending Podcast Playlist," Don MacKinnon schools us all on how #simplicity triumphs over that pesky 'cleverness' in software design. 🤓 Because who needs #innovation when you can just do less, right? 🙃
https://maintainable.fm/episodes/don-mackinnon-why-simplicity-beats-cleverness-in-software-design #RobbysPodcast #SoftwareDesign #Cleverness #HackerNews #ngated

🎙️ In the latest episode of "Robby's Never-Ending Podcast Playlist," Don MacKinnon schools us all on how #simplicity triumphs over that pesky 'cleverness' in software design. 🤓 Because who needs #innovation when you can just do less, right? 🙃
https://maintainable.fm/episodes/don-mackinnon-why-simplicity-beats-cleverness-in-software-design #RobbysPodcast #SoftwareDesign #Cleverness #HackerNews #ngated

A quotation from John Peel

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

John Peel (b. 1954) British writer [pen names Nicholas Adams, Rick North, J.P. Trent, John Vincent]
Timewyrm: Genesys, ch. 10 [The Doctor] (1991)

More info about this quote: wist.info/peel-john/4443/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnpeel #doctorwho #seventhdoctor #cleverness #ego #error #mistake #selfimage

A quotation from John Peel

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

John Peel (b. 1954) British writer [pen names Nicholas Adams, Rick North, J.P. Trent, John Vincent]
Timewyrm: Genesys, ch. 10 [The Doctor] (1991)

More info about this quote: wist.info/peel-john/4443/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnpeel #doctorwho #seventhdoctor #cleverness #ego #error #mistake #selfimage

A quotation from John Peel

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

John Peel (b. 1954) British writer [pen names Nicholas Adams, Rick North, J.P. Trent, John Vincent]
Timewyrm: Genesys, ch. 10 [The Doctor] (1991)

More info about this quote: wist.info/peel-john/4443/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnpeel #doctorwho #seventhdoctor #cleverness #ego #error #mistake #selfimage

A quotation from John Peel

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

John Peel (b. 1954) British writer [pen names Nicholas Adams, Rick North, J.P. Trent, John Vincent]
Timewyrm: Genesys, ch. 10 [The Doctor] (1991)

More info about this quote: wist.info/peel-john/4443/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnpeel #doctorwho #seventhdoctor #cleverness #ego #error #mistake #selfimage

@Sustainable2050
But the EVs charge at different times.
And mostly when industry and other transport isn't taking much power.
Most of ours, at home, will take 7kW, BTW. I'd quite like 3-phase.
Having some smartness in the system as a whole is clearly good, but I think we get bigger surges from kettles in the TV advert breaks.

#EV #cleverness

@Sustainable2050
But the EVs charge at different times.
And mostly when industry and other transport isn't taking much power.
Most of ours, at home, will take 7kW, BTW. I'd quite like 3-phase.
Having some smartness in the system as a whole is clearly good, but I think we get bigger surges from kettles in the TV advert breaks.

#EV #cleverness

@Sustainable2050
But the EVs charge at different times.
And mostly when industry and other transport isn't taking much power.
Most of ours, at home, will take 7kW, BTW. I'd quite like 3-phase.
Having some smartness in the system as a whole is clearly good, but I think we get bigger surges from kettles in the TV advert breaks.

#EV #cleverness

@Sustainable2050
But the EVs charge at different times.
And mostly when industry and other transport isn't taking much power.
Most of ours, at home, will take 7kW, BTW. I'd quite like 3-phase.
Having some smartness in the system as a whole is clearly good, but I think we get bigger surges from kettles in the TV advert breaks.

#EV #cleverness

@Sustainable2050
But the EVs charge at different times.
And mostly when industry and other transport isn't taking much power.
Most of ours, at home, will take 7kW, BTW. I'd quite like 3-phase.
Having some smartness in the system as a whole is clearly good, but I think we get bigger surges from kettles in the TV advert breaks.

#EV #cleverness

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

Desire to appear clever often prevents our becoming so.
 
[Le désir de paraître habile empêche souvent de le devenir.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶199 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #appearance #cleverness #facade #perception #pretense #seeming #self-defeating

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

Desire to appear clever often prevents our becoming so.
 
[Le désir de paraître habile empêche souvent de le devenir.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶199 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #appearance #cleverness #facade #perception #pretense #seeming #self-defeating

A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

Desire to appear clever often prevents our becoming so.
 
[Le désir de paraître habile empêche souvent de le devenir.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶199 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]

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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

Desire to appear clever often prevents our becoming so.
 
[Le désir de paraître habile empêche souvent de le devenir.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶199 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)]

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A quotation from Herbert Hoover

   The duty of public men in this Republic is to lead in standards of integrity — both in mind and money.
   Dishonor in public life has a double poison. When people are dishonorable in private business, they injure only those with whom they deal or their own chances in the next world. But when there is a lack of honor in Government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
   Some folks seem to think these are necessary evils in a free government. Or that it is smart politics. Those are deadly sleeping pills. No public man can be just a little crooked.

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, US President (1929-33)
Speech (1951-08-30), “Concerning Honor in Public Life,” Iowa Centennial Celebration, Des Moines, Iowa (radio broadcast)

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A quotation from Herbert Hoover

   The duty of public men in this Republic is to lead in standards of integrity — both in mind and money.
   Dishonor in public life has a double poison. When people are dishonorable in private business, they injure only those with whom they deal or their own chances in the next world. But when there is a lack of honor in Government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
   Some folks seem to think these are necessary evils in a free government. Or that it is smart politics. Those are deadly sleeping pills. No public man can be just a little crooked.

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, US President (1929-33)
Speech (1951-08-30), “Concerning Honor in Public Life,” Iowa Centennial Celebration, Des Moines, Iowa (radio broadcast)

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A quotation from Herbert Hoover

   The duty of public men in this Republic is to lead in standards of integrity — both in mind and money.
   Dishonor in public life has a double poison. When people are dishonorable in private business, they injure only those with whom they deal or their own chances in the next world. But when there is a lack of honor in Government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
   Some folks seem to think these are necessary evils in a free government. Or that it is smart politics. Those are deadly sleeping pills. No public man can be just a little crooked.

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, US President (1929-33)
Speech (1951-08-30), “Concerning Honor in Public Life,” Iowa Centennial Celebration, Des Moines, Iowa (radio broadcast)

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A quotation from Herbert Hoover

   The duty of public men in this Republic is to lead in standards of integrity — both in mind and money.
   Dishonor in public life has a double poison. When people are dishonorable in private business, they injure only those with whom they deal or their own chances in the next world. But when there is a lack of honor in Government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.
   Some folks seem to think these are necessary evils in a free government. Or that it is smart politics. Those are deadly sleeping pills. No public man can be just a little crooked.

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, US President (1929-33)
Speech (1951-08-30), “Concerning Honor in Public Life,” Iowa Centennial Celebration, Des Moines, Iowa (radio broadcast)

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A quotation from Montesquieu

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
 
[J’ai toujours vu que, pour réussir parfaitement bien dans le monde, il alloit avoir l’air fou et être sage.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1004 / 1013 (1720-1755)

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A quotation from Montesquieu

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
 
[J’ai toujours vu que, pour réussir parfaitement bien dans le monde, il alloit avoir l’air fou et être sage.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1004 / 1013 (1720-1755)

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A quotation from Montesquieu

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
 
[J’ai toujours vu que, pour réussir parfaitement bien dans le monde, il alloit avoir l’air fou et être sage.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1004 / 1013 (1720-1755)

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A quotation from Montesquieu

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
 
[J’ai toujours vu que, pour réussir parfaitement bien dans le monde, il alloit avoir l’air fou et être sage.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1004 / 1013 (1720-1755)

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A quotation from Montesquieu

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.
 
[J’ai toujours vu que, pour réussir parfaitement bien dans le monde, il alloit avoir l’air fou et être sage.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1004 / 1013 (1720-1755)

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