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  1. A quotation from Josh Billings

    The reputashun that a man gits from hiz ansesstors often wants az mutch altering to fit him, az their old clothes would.
     
    [The reputation that a man gets from his ancestors often wants as much altering to fit him, as their old clothes would.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-10 “Blossoms” (1877 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/85419/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #ancestors #family #familytree #forefathers #heritage #legacy #reputation

  2. A quotation from Josh Billings

    The reputashun that a man gits from hiz ansesstors often wants az mutch altering to fit him, az their old clothes would.
     
    [The reputation that a man gets from his ancestors often wants as much altering to fit him, as their old clothes would.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-10 “Blossoms” (1877 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/85419/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #ancestors #family #familytree #forefathers #heritage #legacy #reputation

  3. A quotation from Josh Billings

    The reputashun that a man gits from hiz ansesstors often wants az mutch altering to fit him, az their old clothes would.
     
    [The reputation that a man gets from his ancestors often wants as much altering to fit him, as their old clothes would.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-10 “Blossoms” (1877 ed.)

    More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/85419/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #ancestors #family #familytree #forefathers #heritage #legacy #reputation

  4. A quotation from Richard Steele

    The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.

    Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
    Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25

    More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #ancestors #authors #era #forefathers #generations #goldenage #goodolddays #greatness #literarycriticism #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #writers

  5. A quotation from Richard Steele

    The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.

    Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
    Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25

    More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #ancestors #authors #era #forefathers #generations #goldenage #goodolddays #greatness #literarycriticism #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #writers

  6. A quotation from Richard Steele

    The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.

    Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
    Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25

    More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #ancestors #authors #era #forefathers #generations #goldenage #goodolddays #greatness #literarycriticism #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #writers

  7. A quotation from Richard Steele

    The prevailing humour of crying up authors that have writ in the days of our forefathers, and of passing slightly over the merit of our contemporaries, is a grievance that men of a free and unprejudiced thought have complained of through all ages in their writings.

    Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
    Essay (1713-04-09), The Guardian, No. 25

    More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/85367…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #ancestors #authors #era #forefathers #generations #goldenage #goodolddays #greatness #literarycriticism #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #writers

  8. A quotation from Ingersoll

    The fact is, very few men are right in everything. Great virtues may draw attention from defects, but they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by pebbles is still a gem. No one should attempt to refute an argument by pronouncing the name of some man, unless he is willing to adopt all the ideas and beliefs of that man. It is better to give reasons and facts than names. An argument should not depend for its force upon the name of its author. Facts need no pedigree, logic has no heraldry, and the living should not awed by the mistakes of the dead.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ingersoll #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #ancestors #argument #authority #debate #defect #elders #facts #fallacy #feetofclay #forefathers #imperfection #perfection #truth #virtue

  9. A quotation from Ingersoll

    The fact is, very few men are right in everything. Great virtues may draw attention from defects, but they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by pebbles is still a gem. No one should attempt to refute an argument by pronouncing the name of some man, unless he is willing to adopt all the ideas and beliefs of that man. It is better to give reasons and facts than names. An argument should not depend for its force upon the name of its author. Facts need no pedigree, logic has no heraldry, and the living should not awed by the mistakes of the dead.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ingersoll #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #ancestors #argument #authority #debate #defect #elders #facts #fallacy #feetofclay #forefathers #imperfection #perfection #truth #virtue

  10. A quotation from Ingersoll

    The fact is, very few men are right in everything. Great virtues may draw attention from defects, but they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by pebbles is still a gem. No one should attempt to refute an argument by pronouncing the name of some man, unless he is willing to adopt all the ideas and beliefs of that man. It is better to give reasons and facts than names. An argument should not depend for its force upon the name of its author. Facts need no pedigree, logic has no heraldry, and the living should not awed by the mistakes of the dead.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ingersoll #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #ancestors #argument #authority #debate #defect #elders #facts #fallacy #feetofclay #forefathers #imperfection #perfection #truth #virtue

  11. A quotation from Ingersoll

    The fact is, very few men are right in everything. Great virtues may draw attention from defects, but they cannot sanctify them. A pebble surrounded by diamonds remains a common stone, and a diamond surrounded by pebbles is still a gem. No one should attempt to refute an argument by pronouncing the name of some man, unless he is willing to adopt all the ideas and beliefs of that man. It is better to give reasons and facts than names. An argument should not depend for its force upon the name of its author. Facts need no pedigree, logic has no heraldry, and the living should not awed by the mistakes of the dead.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Lecture (1881-05-01) “The Great Infidels,” Booth’s Theater, New York

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ingersoll #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #ancestors #argument #authority #debate #defect #elders #facts #fallacy #feetofclay #forefathers #imperfection #perfection #truth #virtue

  12. Hey Tech bro media billionaires,

    I gotta great pitch for a scifi anthology series set in an office with the greatest characters and stories ever told.

    npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s1-57704

  13. #ADVERTISING Internet #Ads

    but First the #Discovery Reminds me of #Radiohead

    youtu.be/0c5BDNWUM1k?si=W2Wjev

    Now the #aside which is no longer aside! Someone like @Meyerweb might #appreciate this.
    (the #Forefathers of web)

    So, @Vivaldi is different. It must be the the only that blocks ads correctly.

    My attestation: I have recognized "ads" (#CDN #embed #media content maybe) being "invisible" as display:hidden not display:none oddly, i digress...

    Whatever about countermeasures!

    Point is:
    Why must we suffer ads at all? We don't have to, you know. We let it happen.

    Remember when we sat at the "HUB Desk" #HetzelUnionbuilding #HUB #PennState in 1994? i was a Junior (first year at #UniversityPark , #WorkStudy)

    Anyway. Mozilla. No!
    Not Mozilla!
    #Mosaic

    @Catweazle follows me.
    There were no Ads on anything in Mosaic!

    Ads.
    Gimme #Eudora and #PSUVM

    The pretty young miss in front is supposed to email me it this weekend! An real EMAIL! To me! Aww, I'm in!
    :D

    I came here to post this song.
    That's why.

    See how #TERRIBLE #Ads are! Esp if you have #ADHD

    The distraction, and this interjection has ruined it.

    I thought it sounded like RADIOHEAD::share==%Distracted%

    Has anyone seen the exit sign? :micdrop:

    #BandOfSkulls

  14. #ADVERTISING Internet #Ads

    but First the #Discovery Reminds me of #Radiohead

    youtu.be/0c5BDNWUM1k?si=W2Wjev

    Now the #aside which is no longer aside! Someone like @Meyerweb might #appreciate this.
    (the #Forefathers of web)

    So, @Vivaldi is different. It must be the the only that blocks ads correctly.

    My attestation: I have recognized "ads" (#CDN #embed #media content maybe) being "invisible" as display:hidden not display:none oddly, i digress...

    Whatever about countermeasures!

    Point is:
    Why must we suffer ads at all? We don't have to, you know. We let it happen.

    Remember when we sat at the "HUB Desk" #HetzelUnionbuilding #HUB #PennState in 1994? i was a Junior (first year at #UniversityPark , #WorkStudy)

    Anyway. Mozilla. No!
    Not Mozilla!
    #Mosaic

    @Catweazle follows me.
    There were no Ads on anything in Mosaic!

    Ads.
    Gimme #Eudora and #PSUVM

    The pretty young miss in front is supposed to email me it this weekend! An real EMAIL! To me! Aww, I'm in!
    :D

    I came here to post this song.
    That's why.

    See how #TERRIBLE #Ads are! Esp if you have #ADHD

    The distraction, and this interjection has ruined it.

    I thought it sounded like RADIOHEAD::share==%Distracted%

    Has anyone seen the exit sign? :micdrop:

    #BandOfSkulls

  15. #ADVERTISING Internet #Ads

    but First the #Discovery Reminds me of #Radiohead

    youtu.be/0c5BDNWUM1k?si=W2Wjev

    Now the #aside which is no longer aside! Someone like @Meyerweb might #appreciate this.
    (the #Forefathers of web)

    So, @Vivaldi is different. It must be the the only that blocks ads correctly.

    My attestation: I have recognized "ads" (#CDN #embed #media content maybe) being "invisible" as display:hidden not display:none oddly, i digress...

    Whatever about countermeasures!

    Point is:
    Why must we suffer ads at all? We don't have to, you know. We let it happen.

    Remember when we sat at the "HUB Desk" #HetzelUnionbuilding #HUB #PennState in 1994? i was a Junior (first year at #UniversityPark , #WorkStudy)

    Anyway. Mozilla. No!
    Not Mozilla!
    #Mosaic

    @Catweazle follows me.
    There were no Ads on anything in Mosaic!

    Ads.
    Gimme #Eudora and #PSUVM

    The pretty young miss in front is supposed to email me it this weekend! An real EMAIL! To me! Aww, I'm in!
    :D

    I came here to post this song.
    That's why.

    See how #TERRIBLE #Ads are! Esp if you have #ADHD

    The distraction, and this interjection has ruined it.

    I thought it sounded like RADIOHEAD::share==%Distracted%

    Has anyone seen the exit sign? :micdrop:

    #BandOfSkulls

  16. #ADVERTISING Internet #Ads

    but First the #Discovery Reminds me of #Radiohead

    youtu.be/0c5BDNWUM1k?si=W2Wjev

    Now the #aside which is no longer aside! Someone like @Meyerweb might #appreciate this.
    (the #Forefathers of web)

    So, @Vivaldi is different. It must be the the only that blocks ads correctly.

    My attestation: I have recognized "ads" (#CDN #embed #media content maybe) being "invisible" as display:hidden not display:none oddly, i digress...

    Whatever about countermeasures!

    Point is:
    Why must we suffer ads at all? We don't have to, you know. We let it happen.

    Remember when we sat at the "HUB Desk" #HetzelUnionbuilding #HUB #PennState in 1994? i was a Junior (first year at #UniversityPark , #WorkStudy)

    Anyway. Mozilla. No!
    Not Mozilla!
    #Mosaic

    @Catweazle follows me.
    There were no Ads on anything in Mosaic!

    Ads.
    Gimme #Eudora and #PSUVM

    The pretty young miss in front is supposed to email me it this weekend! An real EMAIL! To me! Aww, I'm in!
    :D

    I came here to post this song.
    That's why.

    See how #TERRIBLE #Ads are! Esp if you have #ADHD

    The distraction, and this interjection has ruined it.

    I thought it sounded like RADIOHEAD::share==%Distracted%

    Has anyone seen the exit sign? :micdrop:

    #BandOfSkulls

  17. A quotation from Montesquieu, Baron de:

    «
    Horace and Aristotle already told us about the virtues of their forefathers and the vices of their times, and authors down through the centuries have spoken in like manner. If they had told the truth, men would nowadays be bears.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/montesquieu/71511/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #ancestors #decay #era #goldenage #nostalgia #ancestors #forefathers #degeneracy #past #present

  18. A quotation from Montesquieu, Baron de:

    «
    Horace and Aristotle already told us about the virtues of their forefathers and the vices of their times, and authors down through the centuries have spoken in like manner. If they had told the truth, men would nowadays be bears.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/montesquieu/71511/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #ancestors #decay #era #goldenage #nostalgia #ancestors #forefathers #degeneracy #past #present

  19. A quotation from Montesquieu, Baron de:

    «
    Horace and Aristotle already told us about the virtues of their forefathers and the vices of their times, and authors down through the centuries have spoken in like manner. If they had told the truth, men would nowadays be bears.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/montesquieu/71511/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #ancestors #decay #era #goldenage #nostalgia #ancestors #forefathers #degeneracy #past #present