home.social

#excuse — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #excuse, aggregated by home.social.

fetched live
  1. @AudeCaussarieu
    Ouf que tu en es sortie. Parce qu'avec la boue en décomposition du fond, ça manque d'oxygène là dedans. Il faudrait que je le fasse ici, mais la cuve s'est remplie avec la pluie la semaine dernière. #excuse

  2. @AudeCaussarieu
    Ouf que tu en es sortie. Parce qu'avec la boue en décomposition du fond, ça manque d'oxygène là dedans. Il faudrait que je le fasse ici, mais la cuve s'est remplie avec la pluie la semaine dernière. #excuse

  3. @AudeCaussarieu
    Ouf que tu en es sortie. Parce qu'avec la boue en décomposition du fond, ça manque d'oxygène là dedans. Il faudrait que je le fasse ici, mais la cuve s'est remplie avec la pluie la semaine dernière. #excuse

  4. @AudeCaussarieu
    Ouf que tu en es sortie. Parce qu'avec la boue en décomposition du fond, ça manque d'oxygène là dedans. Il faudrait que je le fasse ici, mais la cuve s'est remplie avec la pluie la semaine dernière. #excuse

  5. A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

    EXPEDIENCY, n. The father of all virtues.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
    “Expediency,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1884-06-07)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/85383…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #convenience #excuse #expediency #justification #opportunism #pragmatism #rationale #selfinterest #selfjustification #virtue

  6. A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

    EXPEDIENCY, n. The father of all virtues.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
    “Expediency,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1884-06-07)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/85383…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #convenience #excuse #expediency #justification #opportunism #pragmatism #rationale #selfinterest #selfjustification #virtue

  7. A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

    EXPEDIENCY, n. The father of all virtues.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
    “Expediency,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1884-06-07)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/85383…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #convenience #excuse #expediency #justification #opportunism #pragmatism #rationale #selfinterest #selfjustification #virtue

  8. The Left party has sharply criticized the concept spearheaded by Transport Minister Steffen Bilger (CDU), which suggests temporarily lifting the Sunday driving... news.osna.fm/?p=58314 | #news #advocates #ban #ease #excuse

  9. The Left party has sharply criticized the concept spearheaded by Transport Minister Steffen Bilger (CDU), which suggests temporarily lifting the Sunday driving... news.osna.fm/?p=58314 | #news #advocates #ban #ease #excuse

  10. The Left party has sharply criticized the concept spearheaded by Transport Minister Steffen Bilger (CDU), which suggests temporarily lifting the Sunday driving... news.osna.fm/?p=58314 | #news #advocates #ban #ease #excuse

  11. The Left party has sharply criticized the concept spearheaded by Transport Minister Steffen Bilger (CDU), which suggests temporarily lifting the Sunday driving... news.osna.fm/?p=58314 | #news #advocates #ban #ease #excuse

  12. 🤖✨ "AI-powered” #vocabulary builder? More like a high-tech #excuse to pretend you're learning while #scrolling endless #word #lists. 🚫📚 Save your "visual #memory aids" for Instagram, not vocab lessons. 🙄
    vocab.top/ #AI #builder #tech #visual #aids #HackerNews #ngated

  13. 🤖✨ "AI-powered” #vocabulary builder? More like a high-tech #excuse to pretend you're learning while #scrolling endless #word #lists. 🚫📚 Save your "visual #memory aids" for Instagram, not vocab lessons. 🙄
    vocab.top/ #AI #builder #tech #visual #aids #HackerNews #ngated

  14. 🤖✨ "AI-powered” #vocabulary builder? More like a high-tech #excuse to pretend you're learning while #scrolling endless #word #lists. 🚫📚 Save your "visual #memory aids" for Instagram, not vocab lessons. 🙄
    vocab.top/ #AI #builder #tech #visual #aids #HackerNews #ngated

  15. 🤖✨ "AI-powered” #vocabulary builder? More like a high-tech #excuse to pretend you're learning while #scrolling endless #word #lists. 🚫📚 Save your "visual #memory aids" for Instagram, not vocab lessons. 🙄
    vocab.top/ #AI #builder #tech #visual #aids #HackerNews #ngated

  16. 🤖✨ "AI-powered” #vocabulary builder? More like a high-tech #excuse to pretend you're learning while #scrolling endless #word #lists. 🚫📚 Save your "visual #memory aids" for Instagram, not vocab lessons. 🙄
    vocab.top/ #AI #builder #tech #visual #aids #HackerNews #ngated

  17. A quotation from Bill Watterson

       CALVIN: (building a snowman) I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life.
       HOBBES: Such as?
       CALVIN: Procrastinating and rationalizing.

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1993-02-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/85252…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #education #excuse #homework #procrastination #rationalization #realworld #selfrationalization #skills #training

  18. A quotation from Bill Watterson

       CALVIN: (building a snowman) I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life.
       HOBBES: Such as?
       CALVIN: Procrastinating and rationalizing.

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1993-02-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/85252…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #education #excuse #homework #procrastination #rationalization #realworld #selfrationalization #skills #training

  19. A quotation from Bill Watterson

       CALVIN: (building a snowman) I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life.
       HOBBES: Such as?
       CALVIN: Procrastinating and rationalizing.

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1993-02-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/85252…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #education #excuse #homework #procrastination #rationalization #realworld #selfrationalization #skills #training

  20. A quotation from Bill Watterson

       CALVIN: (building a snowman) I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life.
       HOBBES: Such as?
       CALVIN: Procrastinating and rationalizing.

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1993-02-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/85252…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #education #excuse #homework #procrastination #rationalization #realworld #selfrationalization #skills #training

  21. A quotation from Bill Watterson

       CALVIN: (building a snowman) I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life.
       HOBBES: Such as?
       CALVIN: Procrastinating and rationalizing.

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1993-02-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/85252…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #education #excuse #homework #procrastination #rationalization #realworld #selfrationalization #skills #training

  22. La personne trésor

    Ne tiens pas pour acquis les personnes conscientes et aimantes.

    Elles vous réservent des surprises.

    Nous aurions tendance à croire que ces personnes accepteront tout en raison de leur bonté.

    En les regardant au quotidien, on constate bien qu’elles donnent sans compter. Elles sont présentes, elles écoutent, elles ont de l’empathie, elles pardonnent, et elles nous comprennent. Vous savez, ce sont ces personnes sans jugement et qu’en bout de piste, elles trouvent toujours une excuse à ceux qui les blessent. Elles préfèrent s’effacer plutôt que de créer un conflit. Elles endurent souvent bien plus qu’elles ne devraient.

    Alors, il y a des personnes qui en profitent.

    Elles se posent en victimes, mais ils sont des prédateurs, elles tentent d’accaparer leur temps, leur énergie, leur présence patiente. Il y a des abuseurs qui sont sans gênes, qui se croient tout permis, et qui repoussent leurs limites. En fait, elles regardent leur proie en se disant qu’en raison de leur bonté, elles seront toujours là. C’est confondre que la faiblesse et la bienveillance est deux choses très différentes.

    Pour qui sait observer, les personnes conscientes de la vie et aimantes sont souvent celles qui partent sans faire de bruit.

    Le jour où elles comprennent que leurs présences ne sont pas respectées, elles ne crient pas. Elles ne cherchent pas à se venger. Elles ne supplient pas. Elles ferment simplement l’ouverture et elles ne reviennent plus.

    Et c’est souvent à ce moment-là que les prédateurs réalisent ce qu’ils viennent de perdre.

    Parce que l’amour est un cadeau.

    Ce n’est pas un droit. C’est un choix entre humains.

    J’aimerais tellement que les personnes prennent conscience, que si quelqu’un leur offre du temps, de la confiance, de l’attention, de l’écoute et son amour, qu’il faut en prendre soin.

    Dans un monde comme le nôtre, tout est à pacifier. Bien sûr, il existe des personnes volubiles, brillantes, talentueuses. Mais, le trésor, c’est la personne consciente de l’importance de la vie et aimante.

    Malheureusement, on se rend souvent compte de la valeur d’une personne quand elle nous quitte.

    Et la plus grande erreur, c’est de croire que le trésor restera quoi qu’il arrive.

    Une chanson de Zachary Richard – L’espoir est dans ton coeur

    Les paroles sur https://www.cajunlyrics.com/fr/?lyrics=3064

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYJeI53BfdM

    Par Daniel Jean dans Voies (x) de passage

    COPYRIGHT – DROIT DE REPRODUCTION – La reproduction de cet article sur un blogue ou un site est autorisé à condition de respecter :   * L’intégralité du texte — Vous ne devez pas modifier, transformer ou adapter ce texte. * Le droit d’auteur — Vous devez citer le nom de la source (avec un hyperlien vers l’article original de préférence). * La finalité sans but lucratif — Vous n’avez pas le droit d’utiliser cette création à des fins commerciales. Si j’ai utilisé vos textes/photos et que vous souhaitez que je les retire, merci de me contacter en commentaire, ce sera fait rapidement.

    #VoieDePassage #accaparerLeTemps #acceptation #Aimer #amour #attention #énergie #être #bienveillance #bonté #cadeau #compassion #comprendre #confiance #conflit #conscience #droit #empathie #erreur #excuse #faiblesse #humain #interdépendance #pardonner #permis #personneAimante #personneConsciente #prédateur #profiter #quotidien #Respect #sansGêne #sansJugement #seRéaliser #surprise #Trésor #valeur #victime #Vivre
  23. 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…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #cleverness #enemy #excuse #humannature #opponent #selfaggrandizement #shrewdness

  24. 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…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #cleverness #enemy #excuse #humannature #opponent #selfaggrandizement #shrewdness

  25. 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…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #cleverness #enemy #excuse #humannature #opponent #selfaggrandizement #shrewdness

  26. 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…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #cleverness #enemy #excuse #humannature #opponent #selfaggrandizement #shrewdness

  27. #excuse : to forgive a minor fault

    - French: excuse

    - German: die Ausrede

    - Italian: scusa

    - Portuguese: desculpa

    - Spanish: la excusa

    ------------

    Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

  28. #excuse : to forgive a minor fault

    - French: excuse

    - German: die Ausrede

    - Italian: scusa

    - Portuguese: desculpa

    - Spanish: la excusa

    ------------

    Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

  29. #excuse : to forgive a minor fault

    - French: excuse

    - German: die Ausrede

    - Italian: scusa

    - Portuguese: desculpa

    - Spanish: la excusa

    ------------

    Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

  30. #excuse : to forgive a minor fault

    - French: excuse

    - German: die Ausrede

    - Italian: scusa

    - Portuguese: desculpa

    - Spanish: la excusa

    ------------

    Thank you so much for being a member of our community!

  31. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: Women, my task is fixed: as quickly as I may
       To kill my children, and start away from this land,
       And not, by wasting time, to suffer my children
       To be slain by another hand less kindly to them.
       Force every way will have it they must die, and since
       This must be so, then I, their mother, shall kill them.
       Oh, arm yourself in steel, my heart! Do not hang back
       From doing this fearful and necessary wrong.
       Oh, come, my hand, poor wretched hand, and take the sword,
       Take it, step forward to this bitter starting point,
       And do not be a coward, do not think of them,
       How sweet they are, and how you are their mother. Just for
       This one short day be forgetful of your children,
       Afterward weep; for even though you will kill them,
       They were very dear — Oh, I am an unhappy woman!
          (With a cry she rushes into the house.)
       
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: φίλαι, δέδοκται τοὔργον ὡς τάχιστά μοι
       παῖδας κτανούσῃ τῆσδ᾽ ἀφορμᾶσθαι χθονός,
       καὶ μὴ σχολὴν ἄγουσαν ἐκδοῦναι τέκνα
       ἄλλῃ φονεῦσαι δυσμενεστέρᾳ χερί.
       πάντως σφ᾽ ἀνάγκη κατθανεῖν: ἐπεὶ δὲ χρή,
       ἀλλ᾽ εἶ᾽ ὁπλίζου, καρδία: τί μέλλομεν
       τὰ δεινὰ κἀναγκαῖα μὴ πράσσειν κακά;
       ἄγ᾽, ὦ τάλαινα χεὶρ ἐμή, λαβὲ ξίφος,
       λάβ᾽, ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου,
       καὶ μὴ κακισθῇς μηδ᾽ ἀναμνησθῇς τέκνων,
       ὡς φίλταθ᾽, ὡς ἔτικτες, ἀλλὰ τήνδε γε
       λαθοῦ βραχεῖαν ἡμέραν παίδων σέθεν
       κἄπειτα θρήνει: καὶ γὰρ εἰ κτενεῖς σφ᾽, ὅμως
       φίλοι γ᾽ ἔφυσαν: δυστυχὴς δ᾽ ἐγὼ γυνή.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1236ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84979/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #excuse #filicide #killing #murder #necessity #selfjustification #selfrationalization #tragedy

  32. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: Women, my task is fixed: as quickly as I may
       To kill my children, and start away from this land,
       And not, by wasting time, to suffer my children
       To be slain by another hand less kindly to them.
       Force every way will have it they must die, and since
       This must be so, then I, their mother, shall kill them.
       Oh, arm yourself in steel, my heart! Do not hang back
       From doing this fearful and necessary wrong.
       Oh, come, my hand, poor wretched hand, and take the sword,
       Take it, step forward to this bitter starting point,
       And do not be a coward, do not think of them,
       How sweet they are, and how you are their mother. Just for
       This one short day be forgetful of your children,
       Afterward weep; for even though you will kill them,
       They were very dear — Oh, I am an unhappy woman!
          (With a cry she rushes into the house.)
       
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: φίλαι, δέδοκται τοὔργον ὡς τάχιστά μοι
       παῖδας κτανούσῃ τῆσδ᾽ ἀφορμᾶσθαι χθονός,
       καὶ μὴ σχολὴν ἄγουσαν ἐκδοῦναι τέκνα
       ἄλλῃ φονεῦσαι δυσμενεστέρᾳ χερί.
       πάντως σφ᾽ ἀνάγκη κατθανεῖν: ἐπεὶ δὲ χρή,
       ἀλλ᾽ εἶ᾽ ὁπλίζου, καρδία: τί μέλλομεν
       τὰ δεινὰ κἀναγκαῖα μὴ πράσσειν κακά;
       ἄγ᾽, ὦ τάλαινα χεὶρ ἐμή, λαβὲ ξίφος,
       λάβ᾽, ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου,
       καὶ μὴ κακισθῇς μηδ᾽ ἀναμνησθῇς τέκνων,
       ὡς φίλταθ᾽, ὡς ἔτικτες, ἀλλὰ τήνδε γε
       λαθοῦ βραχεῖαν ἡμέραν παίδων σέθεν
       κἄπειτα θρήνει: καὶ γὰρ εἰ κτενεῖς σφ᾽, ὅμως
       φίλοι γ᾽ ἔφυσαν: δυστυχὴς δ᾽ ἐγὼ γυνή.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1236ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84979/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #excuse #filicide #killing #murder #necessity #selfjustification #selfrationalization #tragedy

  33. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: Women, my task is fixed: as quickly as I may
       To kill my children, and start away from this land,
       And not, by wasting time, to suffer my children
       To be slain by another hand less kindly to them.
       Force every way will have it they must die, and since
       This must be so, then I, their mother, shall kill them.
       Oh, arm yourself in steel, my heart! Do not hang back
       From doing this fearful and necessary wrong.
       Oh, come, my hand, poor wretched hand, and take the sword,
       Take it, step forward to this bitter starting point,
       And do not be a coward, do not think of them,
       How sweet they are, and how you are their mother. Just for
       This one short day be forgetful of your children,
       Afterward weep; for even though you will kill them,
       They were very dear — Oh, I am an unhappy woman!
          (With a cry she rushes into the house.)
       
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: φίλαι, δέδοκται τοὔργον ὡς τάχιστά μοι
       παῖδας κτανούσῃ τῆσδ᾽ ἀφορμᾶσθαι χθονός,
       καὶ μὴ σχολὴν ἄγουσαν ἐκδοῦναι τέκνα
       ἄλλῃ φονεῦσαι δυσμενεστέρᾳ χερί.
       πάντως σφ᾽ ἀνάγκη κατθανεῖν: ἐπεὶ δὲ χρή,
       ἀλλ᾽ εἶ᾽ ὁπλίζου, καρδία: τί μέλλομεν
       τὰ δεινὰ κἀναγκαῖα μὴ πράσσειν κακά;
       ἄγ᾽, ὦ τάλαινα χεὶρ ἐμή, λαβὲ ξίφος,
       λάβ᾽, ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου,
       καὶ μὴ κακισθῇς μηδ᾽ ἀναμνησθῇς τέκνων,
       ὡς φίλταθ᾽, ὡς ἔτικτες, ἀλλὰ τήνδε γε
       λαθοῦ βραχεῖαν ἡμέραν παίδων σέθεν
       κἄπειτα θρήνει: καὶ γὰρ εἰ κτενεῖς σφ᾽, ὅμως
       φίλοι γ᾽ ἔφυσαν: δυστυχὴς δ᾽ ἐγὼ γυνή.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1236ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84979/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #excuse #filicide #killing #murder #necessity #selfjustification #selfrationalization #tragedy

  34. A quotation from Euripides

    MEDEA: Women, my task is fixed: as quickly as I may
       To kill my children, and start away from this land,
       And not, by wasting time, to suffer my children
       To be slain by another hand less kindly to them.
       Force every way will have it they must die, and since
       This must be so, then I, their mother, shall kill them.
       Oh, arm yourself in steel, my heart! Do not hang back
       From doing this fearful and necessary wrong.
       Oh, come, my hand, poor wretched hand, and take the sword,
       Take it, step forward to this bitter starting point,
       And do not be a coward, do not think of them,
       How sweet they are, and how you are their mother. Just for
       This one short day be forgetful of your children,
       Afterward weep; for even though you will kill them,
       They were very dear — Oh, I am an unhappy woman!
          (With a cry she rushes into the house.)
       
    [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: φίλαι, δέδοκται τοὔργον ὡς τάχιστά μοι
       παῖδας κτανούσῃ τῆσδ᾽ ἀφορμᾶσθαι χθονός,
       καὶ μὴ σχολὴν ἄγουσαν ἐκδοῦναι τέκνα
       ἄλλῃ φονεῦσαι δυσμενεστέρᾳ χερί.
       πάντως σφ᾽ ἀνάγκη κατθανεῖν: ἐπεὶ δὲ χρή,
       ἀλλ᾽ εἶ᾽ ὁπλίζου, καρδία: τί μέλλομεν
       τὰ δεινὰ κἀναγκαῖα μὴ πράσσειν κακά;
       ἄγ᾽, ὦ τάλαινα χεὶρ ἐμή, λαβὲ ξίφος,
       λάβ᾽, ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου,
       καὶ μὴ κακισθῇς μηδ᾽ ἀναμνησθῇς τέκνων,
       ὡς φίλταθ᾽, ὡς ἔτικτες, ἀλλὰ τήνδε γε
       λαθοῦ βραχεῖαν ἡμέραν παίδων σέθεν
       κἄπειτα θρήνει: καὶ γὰρ εἰ κτενεῖς σφ᾽, ὅμως
       φίλοι γ᾽ ἔφυσαν: δυστυχὴς δ᾽ ἐγὼ γυνή.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1236ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84979/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #excuse #filicide #killing #murder #necessity #selfjustification #selfrationalization #tragedy

  35. A quotation from Homer

    My word, how mortals take the gods to task!
    All their afflictions come from us, we hear.
    And what of their own failings? Greed and folly
    double the suffering in the lot of man.
     
    [ὢ πόποι, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται.
    ἐξ ἡμέων γάρ φασι κάκ’ ἔμμεναι· οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
    σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε’ ἔχουσιν.]

    Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
    The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 1, l. 32ff (1.32) [Zeus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/46564/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #homer #odyssey #accountability #blame #deflection #destiny #divinepunishment #divinewill #excuse #fate #freewill #gods #justdeserts #karma #misfortune #responsibility #selfdestruction #selfinflictedwound #troubles

  36. A quotation from Homer

    My word, how mortals take the gods to task!
    All their afflictions come from us, we hear.
    And what of their own failings? Greed and folly
    double the suffering in the lot of man.
     
    [ὢ πόποι, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται.
    ἐξ ἡμέων γάρ φασι κάκ’ ἔμμεναι· οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
    σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε’ ἔχουσιν.]

    Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
    The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 1, l. 32ff (1.32) [Zeus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/46564/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #homer #odyssey #accountability #blame #deflection #destiny #divinepunishment #divinewill #excuse #fate #freewill #gods #justdeserts #karma #misfortune #responsibility #selfdestruction #selfinflictedwound #troubles

  37. A quotation from Homer

    My word, how mortals take the gods to task!
    All their afflictions come from us, we hear.
    And what of their own failings? Greed and folly
    double the suffering in the lot of man.
     
    [ὢ πόποι, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται.
    ἐξ ἡμέων γάρ φασι κάκ’ ἔμμεναι· οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
    σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε’ ἔχουσιν.]

    Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
    The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 1, l. 32ff (1.32) [Zeus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/46564/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #homer #odyssey #accountability #blame #deflection #destiny #divinepunishment #divinewill #excuse #fate #freewill #gods #justdeserts #karma #misfortune #responsibility #selfdestruction #selfinflictedwound #troubles

  38. A quotation from Homer

    My word, how mortals take the gods to task!
    All their afflictions come from us, we hear.
    And what of their own failings? Greed and folly
    double the suffering in the lot of man.
     
    [ὢ πόποι, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται.
    ἐξ ἡμέων γάρ φασι κάκ’ ἔμμεναι· οἱ δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
    σφῇσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὑπὲρ μόρον ἄλγε’ ἔχουσιν.]

    Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
    The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 1, l. 32ff (1.32) [Zeus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/46564/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #homer #odyssey #accountability #blame #deflection #destiny #divinepunishment #divinewill #excuse #fate #freewill #gods #justdeserts #karma #misfortune #responsibility #selfdestruction #selfinflictedwound #troubles

  39. Sorry about all the #typos. I will use my frozen shoulder as my #excuse.

    I still need to do something with my #autocorrect as it is a source of #frustration and does not work. Ugh!

  40. Sorry about all the #typos. I will use my frozen shoulder as my #excuse.

    I still need to do something with my #autocorrect as it is a source of #frustration and does not work. Ugh!

  41. 15 Reasons not to Build a New Democracy

    Here are all the excuses I have heard.

    Until we look beyond these excuses, we get to keep the status quo.

    tiereddemocraticgovernance.org

    #tiereddemocraticgovernance
    #excuse

  42. 15 Reasons not to Build a New Democracy

    Here are all the excuses I have heard.

    Until we look beyond these excuses, we get to keep the status quo.

    tiereddemocraticgovernance.org

    #tiereddemocraticgovernance
    #excuse

  43. 15 Reasons not to Build a New Democracy

    Here are all the excuses I have heard.

    Until we look beyond these excuses, we get to keep the status quo.

    tiereddemocraticgovernance.org

    #tiereddemocraticgovernance
    #excuse

  44. 15 Reasons not to Build a New Democracy

    Here are all the excuses I have heard.

    Until we look beyond these excuses, we get to keep the status quo.

    tiereddemocraticgovernance.org

    #tiereddemocraticgovernance
    #excuse

  45. 15 Reasons not to Build a New Democracy

    Here are all the excuses I have heard.

    Until we look beyond these excuses, we get to keep the status quo.

    tiereddemocraticgovernance.org

    #tiereddemocraticgovernance
    #excuse

  46. European leaders find in Cyprus the excuse to prepare a defense without NATO

    BrusselsCyprus is the only European Union member state that has received attacks of Iranian origin in the war…
    #Europe #EU #Cyprus #Defense #European #EuropeanUnion #excuse #find #in #Leaders #NATO #prepare #the #to #without
    europesays.com/europe/21500/

  47. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the last century has produced an abundance of ideologies that pretend to be keys to history but are actually nothing but desperate efforts to escape responsibility.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    The Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 1, ch. 1 “Antisemitism as an Outrage to Common Sense” (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/46497/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #excuse #explanation #historiography #history #ideology #justification #responsibility #theory #bias