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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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'insignificante'
Exposição de Alun Kirby e Eliana Manuel Pinho
Inauguração hoje, dia 16 maio, a partir de 16h00 até 19h00
Xau Laura
Rua Miguel Bombarda, PortoTodos bem-vindos!
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'insignificant'
Exhibition by Alum Kirby and Eliana Manuel Pinho
Inauguration today, 16th May, from 16h00 until 19h00
Xau Laura
Rua Miguel Bombarda, PortoAll welcome!
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'insignificante'
Exposição de Alun Kirby e Eliana Manuel Pinho
Inauguração hoje, dia 16 maio, a partir de 16h00 até 19h00
Xau Laura
Rua Miguel Bombarda, PortoTodos bem-vindos!
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'insignificant'
Exhibition by Alum Kirby and Eliana Manuel Pinho
Inauguration today, 16th May, from 16h00 until 19h00
Xau Laura
Rua Miguel Bombarda, PortoAll welcome!
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'insignificante'
Exposição de Alun Kirby e Eliana Manuel Pinho
Inauguração hoje, dia 16 maio, a partir de 16h00 até 19h00
Xau Laura
Rua Miguel Bombarda, PortoTodos bem-vindos!
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'insignificant'
Exhibition by Alum Kirby and Eliana Manuel Pinho
Inauguration today, 16th May, from 16h00 until 19h00
Xau Laura
Rua Miguel Bombarda, PortoAll welcome!
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'insignificante'
Exposição de Alun Kirby e Eliana Manuel Pinho
Inauguração hoje, dia 16 maio, a partir de 16h00 até 19h00
Xau Laura
Rua Miguel Bombarda, PortoTodos bem-vindos!
///
'insignificant'
Exhibition by Alum Kirby and Eliana Manuel Pinho
Inauguration today, 16th May, from 16h00 until 19h00
Xau Laura
Rua Miguel Bombarda, PortoAll welcome!
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"Fine Gael is +1%, Soc Dems -1%, Labour +2%, Aontú +1%... ...the Margin of Error is +/- 2.8%" #AARGH #Insignificance
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:465tbrqfeduj3lhludc6nbog/post/3m3h4cyruzh2d -
"Fine Gael is +1%, Soc Dems -1%, Labour +2%, Aontú +1%... ...the Margin of Error is +/- 2.8%" #AARGH #Insignificance
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:465tbrqfeduj3lhludc6nbog/post/3m3h4cyruzh2d -
A quotation from Bertrand Russell
Our doings are not so important as we naturally suppose; our successes and failures do not after all matter very much. Even great sorrows can be survived; troubles which seem as if they must put an end to happiness for life, fade with the lapse of time until it becomes almost impossible to remember their poignancy. But over and above these self-centered considerations is the fact that one’s ego is no very large part of the world. The man who can center his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life which is impossible to the pure egoist.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 5 “Fatigue” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/775…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #ego #grief #insignificance #pain #passageoftime #peace #perspective #selfcenteredness #sorrow #tranquility #transcendence #troubles #focus
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They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the filth. And yet they are capable of bringing entire civilisations to their knees. If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.
Banksy (b. 1974?) England-based pseudonymous street artist, political activist, film director
Wall and Piece, “Rats” (2005)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/banksy/76854/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #banksy #dregs #insignificance #littlepeople #margins #other #outcast #outlaw #outsider #poor #poverty #rats #society
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
This mortal life is a little thing, lived in a little corner of the earth; and little, too, is the longest fame to come — dependent as it is on a succession of fast-perishing little men who have no knowledge even of their own selves, much less of one long dead and gone.
[μικρὸν μὲν οὖν ὃ ζῇ ἕκαστος: μικρὸν δὲ τὸ τῆς γῆς γωνίδιον ὅπου ζῇ: μικρὸν δὲ καὶ ἡ μηκίστη ὑστεροφημία καὶ αὕτη δὲ κατὰ διαδοχὴν ἀνθρωπαρίων τάχιστα τεθνηξομένων καὶ οὐκ εἰδότων οὐδὲ ἑαυτοὺς οὐδέ γε τὸν πρόπαλαι τεθνηκότα.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 10 (3.10) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7602…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #meditations #brevity #fame #forget #humancondition #insignificance #legacy #lifetime #mortality #perspective #posterity #renown
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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius
This mortal life is a little thing, lived in a little corner of the earth; and little, too, is the longest fame to come — dependent as it is on a succession of fast-perishing little men who have no knowledge even of their own selves, much less of one long dead and gone.
[μικρὸν μὲν οὖν ὃ ζῇ ἕκαστος: μικρὸν δὲ τὸ τῆς γῆς γωνίδιον ὅπου ζῇ: μικρὸν δὲ καὶ ἡ μηκίστη ὑστεροφημία καὶ αὕτη δὲ κατὰ διαδοχὴν ἀνθρωπαρίων τάχιστα τεθνηξομένων καὶ οὐκ εἰδότων οὐδὲ ἑαυτοὺς οὐδέ γε τὸν πρόπαλαι τεθνηκότα.]Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 3, ch. 10 (3.10) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7602…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #meditations #brevity #fame #forget #humancondition #insignificance #legacy #lifetime #mortality #perspective #posterity #renown
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Uncommissioned work by activists surpasses cultural insignificance of commercial art market.
Motivation #^https://letztegeneration.org/blog/2023/06/privatjet-auf-sylt-mit-warnfarbe-markiert-herr-scholz-handeln-sie/ (in German)
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Such breathtakingly pretty music exists as a delivery system for lyrics so hilariously mean-spirited they’d make #RandyNewman blush. You can get a sense of O’Rourke’s emotional disposition from the album’s packaging. #Insignificance is named after a movie by the disorienting British filmmaker #NicolasRoeg. Like #Eureka, it has unettling cover art by Japanese comic artist #MimiyoTomozawa. https://www.stereogum.com/2167529/jim-orourke-insignificance-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/
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for the rest of the day, this is an #Insignificance appreciation account, with a twist —
