#cynicism — Public Fediverse posts
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An elm tree swing
An orchid, romantic things☽⋅••
but cynics knockWarmth shot before the dawn
A thing is just a thing••⋅☾ #Tanka ☽⋅••
#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #VSSDaily 9/4 #Elm #DailyHaikuPrompt #Orchids #TankaThursday #Knock #Cynicism #Romance #Plushies #IsTheOrderARabbit #GochiUsa #HeckleAndJeckle #Crows #Summer #Haiga #俳画 #Photography #マストドン写真部 #写真 #UrbanPhotography #都市写真
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
The world oftener rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself.
[Le monde récompense plus souvent les apparences du mérite que le mérite même.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶166 (1665-1678) [tr. Bund/Friswell (1871)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #appearances #cynicism #facade #merit #praise #recognition #reward #virtue
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A quotation from Herbert Hoover
Our greatest danger is not from invasion by foreign armies. Our dangers are that we may commit suicide from within by complaisance with evil. Or by public tolerance of scandalous behavior. Or by cynical acceptance of dishonor. These evils have defeated nations many times in human history.
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)More info about this quote: wist.info/hoover-herbert/78658…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #herberthoover #complaisance #cynicism #danger #decline #dishonor #evil #scandal #threat #nationalsecurity #nationalstrength