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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-27 · 21:58 UTC

To put every man in possession of his own time, and rescue the day from the succession of usurpers, is beyond my power, and beyond my hope. Yet perhaps, some stop might be put to this unmerciful persecution, if all would seriously reflect, that whoever pays a visit that is not desired, or talks longer than the hearer is willing to attend, is guilty of an injury which he cannot repair, and takes away that which he cannot give.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-07-15), The Idler, No. 14

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-27 · 21:58 UTC

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To put every man in possession of his own time, and rescue the day from the succession of usurpers, is beyond my power, and beyond my hope. Yet perhaps, some stop might be put to this unmerciful persecution, if all would seriously reflect, that whoever pays a visit that is not desired, or talks longer than the hearer is willing to attend, is guilty of an injury which he cannot repair, and takes away that which he cannot give.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-07-15), The Idler, No. 14

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-27 · 21:58 UTC

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To put every man in possession of his own time, and rescue the day from the succession of usurpers, is beyond my power, and beyond my hope. Yet perhaps, some stop might be put to this unmerciful persecution, if all would seriously reflect, that whoever pays a visit that is not desired, or talks longer than the hearer is willing to attend, is guilty of an injury which he cannot repair, and takes away that which he cannot give.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-07-15), The Idler, No. 14

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-27 · 21:58 UTC

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

To put every man in possession of his own time, and rescue the day from the succession of usurpers, is beyond my power, and beyond my hope. Yet perhaps, some stop might be put to this unmerciful persecution, if all would seriously reflect, that whoever pays a visit that is not desired, or talks longer than the hearer is willing to attend, is guilty of an injury which he cannot repair, and takes away that which he cannot give.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-07-15), The Idler, No. 14

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-12 · 21:22 UTC

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Suffering cleanses only when it is free of resentment. Wholehearted contempt for our tormentors safeguards our soul from the mutilations of bitterness and hatred.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 263 (1955)

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-10 · 21:50 UTC

A quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-04 · 23:07 UTC

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We all practice some form of censorship. I practiced it simply by the books I had in the house when my children were little. If I am given a budget of $500 I will be practicing a form of censorship by the books I choose to buy with that limited amount of money, and the books I choose not to buy. But nobody said we were not allowed to have points of view. The exercise of personal taste is not the same thing as imposing personal opinion.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-04 · 23:07 UTC

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We all practice some form of censorship. I practiced it simply by the books I had in the house when my children were little. If I am given a budget of $500 I will be practicing a form of censorship by the books I choose to buy with that limited amount of money, and the books I choose not to buy. But nobody said we were not allowed to have points of view. The exercise of personal taste is not the same thing as imposing personal opinion.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-04 · 23:07 UTC

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We all practice some form of censorship. I practiced it simply by the books I had in the house when my children were little. If I am given a budget of $500 I will be practicing a form of censorship by the books I choose to buy with that limited amount of money, and the books I choose not to buy. But nobody said we were not allowed to have points of view. The exercise of personal taste is not the same thing as imposing personal opinion.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-04 · 23:07 UTC

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We all practice some form of censorship. I practiced it simply by the books I had in the house when my children were little. If I am given a budget of $500 I will be practicing a form of censorship by the books I choose to buy with that limited amount of money, and the books I choose not to buy. But nobody said we were not allowed to have points of view. The exercise of personal taste is not the same thing as imposing personal opinion.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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WIST Quotations @[email protected] · 2026-03-04 · 23:07 UTC

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We all practice some form of censorship. I practiced it simply by the books I had in the house when my children were little. If I am given a budget of $500 I will be practicing a form of censorship by the books I choose to buy with that limited amount of money, and the books I choose not to buy. But nobody said we were not allowed to have points of view. The exercise of personal taste is not the same thing as imposing personal opinion.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/825…

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France | République française @[email protected] · 2026-03-04 · 01:00 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/fr/773847/ Au conseil municipal, Saint-Erblon décide de maintenir ses taux d’imposition pour 2026 #2026 #actu #Actualités #bretagne #conseil #decide #EU #europe #FR #France #imposition #maintenir #municipal #News #redon #Rennes #RépubliqueFrançaise #SaintErblon #taux

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WIST Quotations Has Moved! @[email protected] · 2025-11-19 · 17:55 UTC

A quotation from Arthur Conan Doyle

It was one Sunday evening early in September of the year 1902 that I received one of Holmes’s laconic messages: “Come at once if convenient — if inconvenient come all the same. — S. H.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) British writer and physician
Story (1923-03), “The Adventure of the Creeping Man,” The Strand Magazine, Vol 65

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Le comité de HTTPS-VD @[email protected] · 2025-10-25 · 18:31 UTC

HTTPS-VD vote pour l’égalité, la dignité et la participation de toutes et tous

En ce début d'automne, le HTTPS-VD s'est prononcer sur les objets de vote du 30 novembre 2025. Malgré leur diversité, un élément commun émerge clairement: la nécessité de renforcer la solidarité collective et l'inclusivité. Et malheureusement, la réaction des opposants est presque systématiquement la même: trop cher, trop risqué. Oui, l'amélioration de la vie civique et sociale coûte cher, mais nous sommes convaincus que la Suisse et le Canton de Vaud disposent des capacités nécessaires pour mener ces politiques à bien. À cette occasion, le HTTPS réitère sa volonté de porter haut et fort des valeurs d'égalité, de justice sociale et de dignité pour tout le monde.

https://https-vd.ch/2025/10/25/https-vd-vote-pour-legalite-la-dignite-et-la-participation-de-toutes-et-tous/

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WIST Quotations Has Moved! @[email protected] · 2025-08-20 · 15:43 UTC

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Another not uncommon victim of persecution mania is a certain type of philanthropist, who is always doing good to people against their will, and is amazed and horrified that they display no gratitude. Our motives in doing good are seldom as pure as we imagine them to be. Love of power is insidious; it has many disguises, and is often the source of the pleasure we derive from doing what we believe to be good to other people.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 8 “Persecution Mania” (1930)

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