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  1. A quotation from Terry Pratchett

    His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools — the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans — and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, “You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.”

    Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
    Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)

    More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4504…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #acceptance #distrust #drinking #enjoyment #mistrust #philosophy #trust #wisdom

  2. A quotation from Terry Pratchett

    His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools — the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans — and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, “You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.”

    Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
    Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)

    More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4504…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #acceptance #distrust #drinking #enjoyment #mistrust #philosophy #trust #wisdom

  3. A quotation from Terry Pratchett

    His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools — the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans — and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, “You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.”

    Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
    Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)

    More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4504…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #acceptance #distrust #drinking #enjoyment #mistrust #philosophy #trust #wisdom

  4. A quotation from Terry Pratchett

    His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools — the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans — and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, “You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.”

    Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
    Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)

    More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4504…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #acceptance #distrust #drinking #enjoyment #mistrust #philosophy #trust #wisdom

  5. A quotation from Terry Pratchett

    His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools — the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans — and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, “You can’t trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there’s nothing you can do about it, so let’s have a drink.”

    Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
    Discworld No. 13, Small Gods (1992)

    More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/4504…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #acceptance #distrust #drinking #enjoyment #mistrust #philosophy #trust #wisdom

  6. A quotation from Montaigne

    He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking.
     
    [Qui ne se donne loisir d’avoir soif, ne sçauroit prendre plaisir à boire.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 1, ch. 42 (1.42), “Of the Inequality among Us [De l’inequalité qui est entre nous]” (1572) [tr. Frame (1943)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

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  7. A quotation from Horace

    Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;
    Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;
    And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:
       At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.
     
    [Verum pone moras et studium lucri
    nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium
    misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
    dulce est desipere in loco.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/73650/

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  8. A quotation from Basil the Great

    You seem to have great possessions! How else can this be, but that you have preferred your own enjoyment to the consolation of the many? For the more you abound in wealth, the more you lack in love.
     
    [ἀλλὰ μὴν φαίνῃ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά. Πόθεν ταῦτα; ἢ δῆλον ὅτι τὴν οἰκείαν ἀπόλαυσιν προτι μοτέραν τῆς τῶν πολλῶν παραμυθίας ποιούμενος. Ὅσον οὖν πλεονάζεις τῷ πλούτῳ, τοσοῦτον ἐλλείπεις τῇ ἀγάπῃ.]

    Basil of Caesarea (AD 330-378) Christian bishop, theologian, monasticist, Doctor of the Church [Saint Basil the Great, Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας]
    Sermon (368 ca.), "To the Rich [Ὁμιλία πρὸς τοὺς πλουτούντας]" [tr. Schroeder (2009)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/basil-of-caesarea/70…

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  9. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    There are many kinds of success in life worth having. It is exceedingly interesting and attractive to be a successful business man, or railroad man, or farmer, or a successful lawyer or doctor; or a writer, or a President, or a ranchman, or the colonel of a fighting regiment, or to kill grizzly bears and lions. But for unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
    Autobiography, ch. 9 “Outdoors and Indoors” (1913)

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #children #enjoyment #family #interest #meaningoflife #parenthood #success #values

  10. A quotation from Horace

    Fortune nor home not more the man can cheer,
    Who lives a prey to covetise or fear,
    Than may a picture’s richest hues delight
    Eyes that with dropping rheum are thick of sight,
    Or warm soft lotions soothe a gout-racked foot,
    Or aching ears be charmed by twangling lute.
    On minds unquiet joy has lost its power;
    In a foul vessel everything turns sour.
     
    [Qui cupit aut metuit, iuvat ilium sic domus et res,
    Ut lippum pictae tabulae, fomenta podagrum,
    Auriculas citbarae collecta sorde dolentes.
    Sincerumst nisi vas, quodcumque infundis acescit
    Sperne voluptate.]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 “To Lollius,” l. 51ff (1.2.51-54) (14 BC) [tr. Martin (1881)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/82248/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #avarice #dissatisfaction #dysphoria #enjoyment #fear #greed #joylessness #loss #money #perspective #pleasure #property #unease #unhappiness #wealth

  11. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    The appreciation of many things in which we are not proficient ourselves but which we have learned to enjoy is one of the important things to cultivate in modern education. The arts in every field — music, drama, sculpture, painting — we can learn to appreciate and enjoy. We need not be artists, but we should be able to appreciate the work of artists.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1958-11-05), “My Day”

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/81…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #appreciation #art #artappreciation #arteducation #artistry #drama #education #enjoyment #leisure #music #painting #sculpture #theater

  12. A quotation from The Epic of Gilgamesh

    Gilgamesh, where are you roaming?
    You will never find the eternal life
    that you seek. When the gods created mankind,
    they also created death, and they held back
    eternal life for themselves alone.
    Humans are born, they live, and then they die,
    this is the order that the gods have decreed.
    But until the end comes, enjoy your life,
    spend it in happiness, not despair.
    Savor your food, make each of your days
    a delight, bathe and anoint yourself,
    wear bright clothes that are sparkling clean,
    let music and dancing fill your house,
    love the child who holds you by the hand,
    and give your wife pleasure in your embrace.
    That is the best way for a man to live.

    Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2100–1200 BC) Sumerian myth
    Tablet 10, col. 3 [Siduri] [tr. Mitchell (2004)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gilgamesh/81779/

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  13. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?”
       “What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?”
       “I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting to-day?” said Piglet.
       Pooh nodded thoughtfully.
       “It’s the same thing,” he said.

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
    Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 10 “Christopher Robin Gives a Pooh Party” (1926)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/2839/

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  14. What do you think of this extension for desktop chrome browser? - Its your existing bookmarks, but instead of a tiny sliver, you get a nice full screen grid layout with icons imported automatically, also allows drag and drop. you can also right click settings > themes > choose any dark background for a night mode / dark theme, easier on the eyes.

    chromewebstore.google.com/deta

    If we could call the developer, contact them, could we ask them to open source their software and put it up on GitHub?

    chromewebstore.google.com/deta

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