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  1. Anyone else think that AI is our Easter Island moment? We keep consuming resources to build more statues until there are no resources left ... but lots of statues, many unfinished.

    #AI #EasterIsland #Folly

  2. Ratcheugh Observatory, an 18th century folly owned by the Duke of Northumberland and consisting of, on the left, a raised square observatory with 360% views of Northumberland and the North Sea, and a small flat on the right, which is rented out. IIMHO the best flat in the county if you forget who owns it! The crag it sits on has a some poor rock climbs on it. #Photography #Landscape #Northumberland #Folly

  3. On a Bank Holiday weekend (Saturday afternoon) and the weather was fine and dandy for a walk around Hardwick Hall Country Park.
    Lots of other people out and about too, making the most of the warm sunshine and getting their steps in before tomorrow's forecasted heavy rain arrives.
    Love this view here across the Serpentine Lake to the Temple of Minerva, an 18th century folly designed by James Paine and constructed between 1754 and 1757.
    Its imposing presence is helped by being built on an elevated section of the park.
    Dedicated to 'Minerva' the Roman goddess of wisdom and patroness of the Arts.

    #england #durham #landscape #folly #bankholiday #may2026 #photography

  4. A quotation from Gracian

    One half of the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
     
    [La mitad del mundo se está riendo de la otra mitad, con necedad de todos.]

    Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #dolt #folly #fool #humanity #laughter #scorn

  5. A quotation from Gracian

    One half of the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
     
    [La mitad del mundo se está riendo de la otra mitad, con necedad de todos.]

    Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #dolt #folly #fool #humanity #laughter #scorn

  6. A quotation from Gracian

    One half of the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
     
    [La mitad del mundo se está riendo de la otra mitad, con necedad de todos.]

    Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #dolt #folly #fool #humanity #laughter #scorn

  7. A quotation from Gracian

    One half of the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
     
    [La mitad del mundo se está riendo de la otra mitad, con necedad de todos.]

    Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
    The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Jacobs (1892)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #dolt #folly #fool #humanity #laughter #scorn

  8. A quotation from Einstein

    The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.
     
    [Die Majorität der Dummen ist unüberwindbar und für alle Zeiten gesichert. Der Schrecken ihrer Tyrannei ist indessen gemildert durch Mangel an Konsequenz.]

    Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
    Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 5, 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/8350…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #concentration #distraction #focus #folly #fools #humancondition #humannature #inconsistency #majority #stupidity

  9. A quotation from Einstein

    The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.
     
    [Die Majorität der Dummen ist unüberwindbar und für alle Zeiten gesichert. Der Schrecken ihrer Tyrannei ist indessen gemildert durch Mangel an Konsequenz.]

    Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
    Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 5, 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/8350…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #concentration #distraction #focus #folly #fools #humancondition #humannature #inconsistency #majority #stupidity

  10. A quotation from Einstein

    The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.
     
    [Die Majorität der Dummen ist unüberwindbar und für alle Zeiten gesichert. Der Schrecken ihrer Tyrannei ist indessen gemildert durch Mangel an Konsequenz.]

    Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
    Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 5, 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/8350…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #concentration #distraction #focus #folly #fools #humancondition #humannature #inconsistency #majority #stupidity

  11. A quotation from Einstein

    The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.
     
    [Die Majorität der Dummen ist unüberwindbar und für alle Zeiten gesichert. Der Schrecken ihrer Tyrannei ist indessen gemildert durch Mangel an Konsequenz.]

    Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
    Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 5, 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/8350…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #concentration #distraction #focus #folly #fools #humancondition #humannature #inconsistency #majority #stupidity

  12. A quotation from Einstine

    The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.
     
    [Die Majorität der Dummen ist unüberwindbar und für alle Zeiten gesichert. Der Schrecken ihrer Tyrannei ist indessen gemildert durch Mangel an Konsequenz.]

    Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
    Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 5, 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/8350…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #einstein #alberteinstein #concentration #distraction #focus #folly #fools #humancondition #humannature #inconsistency #majority #stupidity

  13. Faith And Folly by Mary Brotherton

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q-1zCZItxvk https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLJFS68S As we go through life we make decisions. Sometimes they are foolish. Sometimes they are not so foolish. However, there is always something more powerful to get us through. Faith and Folly is filled with such stories by Author Mary Brotherton. Real life stories with life lessons of faith and folly Shine cross shape in the end of wooden path at sunset

    midnight-publishing.org/2026/0

  14. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

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

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  15. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

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

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  16. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

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

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  17. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

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

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  18. A quotation from Montaigne

    A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
     
    [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

    Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
    Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

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

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #deceit #dishonesty #folly #foolishness #forthrightness #honesty #integrity #lying #oversharing #sinofcommission #sinofomission #spill #frankness #truthfulness #sincerity #forthrightness #bluntness

  19. 🆕 🧙‍♂️🏛️ 🇬🇧 New location feature: The Druid’s Temple, England.

    Lost in the forests of #Yorkshire, a series of stone pillars form a circle.

    This isn't an actual "Druid's Temple", it is an elaborate 19th-century folly.

    However, the site is tied to unusual local folklore.

    Explore these tales and more history and photos 👇
    obsidianurbexphotography.com/o

    #DarkTourism #Folly #EnglishHeritage #NorthYorkshire #Temple #Stone #Folklore #Story #Mystery

  20. #folly : levity, weakness, or derangement of mind

    - French: folie

    - German: die Verrücktheit

    - Italian: pazzia

    - Portuguese: loucura

    - Spanish: locura

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  21. A quotation from Mark Twain

    The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Quoted in Merle Johnson, ed., More Maxims of Mark (1927)

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/20117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #divinejustice #divinepunishment #divinewrath #dolt #folly #fool #idiot #karma #lightning

  22. A quotation from Mark Twain

    The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Quoted in Merle Johnson, ed., More Maxims of Mark (1927)

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/20117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #divinejustice #divinepunishment #divinewrath #dolt #folly #fool #idiot #karma #lightning

  23. A quotation from Cicero

    All men make mistakes; but it is fools who persist in them.
     
    [Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 12, ch. 2 / sec. 5 (12.2/12.5) (43-03 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2012)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #meme #changeofmind #correction #error #foolishness #folly #inflexibility #mistake #revision #selfcorrection #stubbornness #stupidity

  24. A quotation from Cicero

    All men make mistakes; but it is fools who persist in them.
     
    [Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 12, ch. 2 / sec. 5 (12.2/12.5) (43-03 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2012)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #meme #changeofmind #correction #error #foolishness #folly #inflexibility #mistake #revision #selfcorrection #stubbornness #stupidity

  25. A quotation from Cicero

    All men make mistakes; but it is fools who persist in them.
     
    [Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 12, ch. 2 / sec. 5 (12.2/12.5) (43-03 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2012)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #meme #changeofmind #correction #error #foolishness #folly #inflexibility #mistake #revision #selfcorrection #stubbornness #stupidity

  26. A quotation from Cicero

    All men make mistakes; but it is fools who persist in them.
     
    [Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 12, ch. 2 / sec. 5 (12.2/12.5) (43-03 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2012)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #meme #changeofmind #correction #error #foolishness #folly #inflexibility #mistake #revision #selfcorrection #stubbornness #stupidity

  27. A quotation from Christopher Bidmead

    THE DOCTOR: Oh, marvelous. You’re going to kill me. What a finely-tuned response to the situation.

    Christopher H. Bidmead (1941-2025) English screenwriter, script editor, journalist
    Doctor Who (1963), 21×03 “Frontios,” Part 2 (1984-01-27)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bidmead-christopher/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fifthdoctor #christopherbidmead #doctorwho #folly #inappropriateness #reaction #response #violence

  28. Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others -- only to lose it over themselves.
    -- Barbara Tuchman (The March of Folly)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BarbaraTuchman #Folly #Government #Power

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  29. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “Wait a moment,” said Winnie-the-Pooh, holding up his paw.
       He sat down and thought, in the most thoughtful way he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one of the Tracks … and then he scratched his nose twice, and stood up.
       “Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
    Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80463/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #cogitation #consideration #contemplation #delusion #dolt #folly #realization #selfawareness #selfdeprecation #selfimage

  30. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “Wait a moment,” said Winnie-the-Pooh, holding up his paw.
       He sat down and thought, in the most thoughtful way he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one of the Tracks … and then he scratched his nose twice, and stood up.
       “Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
    Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80463/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #cogitation #consideration #contemplation #delusion #dolt #folly #realization #selfawareness #selfdeprecation #selfimage

  31. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “Wait a moment,” said Winnie-the-Pooh, holding up his paw.
       He sat down and thought, in the most thoughtful way he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one of the Tracks … and then he scratched his nose twice, and stood up.
       “Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
    Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80463/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #cogitation #consideration #contemplation #delusion #dolt #folly #realization #selfawareness #selfdeprecation #selfimage

  32. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “Wait a moment,” said Winnie-the-Pooh, holding up his paw.
       He sat down and thought, in the most thoughtful way he could think. Then he fitted his paw into one of the Tracks … and then he scratched his nose twice, and stood up.
       “Yes,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I see now,” said Winnie-the-Pooh.
       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said he, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
    Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)

    More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80463/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #pooh #poohbear #winniethepooh #cogitation #consideration #contemplation #delusion #dolt #folly #realization #selfawareness #selfdeprecation #selfimage

  33. A quotation from Coleridge

    In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) English poet and critic
    Comment (1830-10-05), “Table Talk”

    More info about this quote: wist.info/coleridge-samuel-tay…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #coleridge #samueltaylorcoleridge #baddecision #decisionmaking #fear #folly #politics

  34. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The World is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the Affairs of his neighbour.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/59…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #busybody #advice #cowardice #folly #fool #humannature #meddling #perspective #sympathy #thoughtsandprayers

  35. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The World is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the Affairs of his neighbour.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/59…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #busybody #advice #cowardice #folly #fool #humannature #meddling #perspective #sympathy #thoughtsandprayers

  36. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The World is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the Affairs of his neighbour.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/59…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #busybody #advice #cowardice #folly #fool #humannature #meddling #perspective #sympathy #thoughtsandprayers

  37. A quotation from Ben Franklin

    The World is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet every one has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the Affairs of his neighbour.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
    Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/59…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #busybody #advice #cowardice #folly #fool #humannature #meddling #perspective #sympathy #thoughtsandprayers

  38. Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it!
    -- Mark Twain

    #Wisdom #Quotes #MarkTwain #Folly #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida

  39. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    He that dies a martyr proves that he is not a knave, but by no means that he is not a fool.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 410 (1820)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #cause #folly #fool #hero #knave #martyr #martyrdom #virtue

  40. #TheMoonsHindMostWound.

    5. Pigeon Moon 鳩の月

    #FanFiction #TheApothecaryDiaries
    #wss366 #MastoPrompt #ScribesAndMakers

    Satisfied that she had learned all she could about the assassin, Mao waved Basen away. "Send Tinkle in," she said. "And don't come back until you are called. If you hear something, pretend you didn't. You don't want to be here."

    Crag-like furrows reappeared on Basen’s forehead. Mao held her breath. It really was better for him not to be there. He might try to stop her, and the emperor would hold him accountable if something went wrong.

    Basen pulled a face as if he had swallowed vinegar and said, “Guess that makes me the fourth monkey. Blind, deaf, dumb… and Basen, none the wiser.”

    Mao just blinked. Was he trying to be funny at a time like this?

    Basen glanced over at Jinshi, shook his head, and muttered, “Tiss #folly.”

    As he left, candlelight #shone on Basen’s face, highlighting #pigeon-gray strands among his black hair. "Serving a master like Jinshi must be hard," she thought. "And today will earn him a few more."

    Continued next week in Bleeding Moon 出血月

    #MicroFiction #TootFic #Serial #NMV366 #NMSAM
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  41. Divine Word

    #Mastoprompt #Mss633 #ScribesAndMakers

    The High Lord Rath nar Airith fasted for three days, drinking only thrice-blessed holy water from the sacred Dryad's Spring. He finished his prayers and lit incense as the eastern hills #shone rose and pink with Airith's holy light.

    As Airith's head peaked above Mount Umidor, the gateway to the underworld on this most sacred day, God's #pigeon appeared out of the glow and lit upon the sill. The king took a missive from its beak and read, "#Folly."

    #MicroFiction #TootFic #NMV633 #NMMM #NMSAM

  42. A quotation from A. A. Milne

       “I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said Pooh, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
       “You’re the Best Bear in All the World,” said Christopher Robin soothingly.

    A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
    Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/2843/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #pooh #winniethepooh #poohbear #christopherrobin #reassurance #comforting #delusion #folly #friendship #limitations #praise #selfassessment #selfawareness #selfblame #selfcondemnation #selfcontempt #selfcriticism #selfdefeating #selfdeprecating #selfdeprecation #selfdoubt #selfimage #selfloathing #selfopinion #selfregard #selfreproach #selfrespect #selfworth #soothing #stupidity

  43. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 9 “Fear of Public Opinion” (1930)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/792…

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  44. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 9 “Fear of Public Opinion” (1930)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/792…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #BertrandRussell #autonomy #bullying #cruelty #discrimination #folly #foolishness #heterodoxy #independence #individualism #judgment #nastiness #nationalism #prejudice #racism #sexism #stupidity #merit #virtue