#misery — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #misery, aggregated by home.social.
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Don Jr Tells Republicans To Lay Off Gambling Websites
Failson of failed casino owner/bankrupter says whut? #thieves #liars #vice #misery #parasites #GOPLiesAboutEverything #gambling #PredictionMarkets
youtu.be/zjfDpYKCt64
Don Jr Tells Republicans TO LA... -
When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth
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When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth
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When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth
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When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing — which is stupid!
Alan Watts (1915–1973) Anglo-American philosopher, writer
Lecture (1969 ca.), “What If Money Was No Object?”More about this quote: wist.info/watts-alan/85850/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #alanwatts #goals #living #makingaliving #misery #money #priority #ratrace #wealth
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Will there be a future? We feel we might almost ask ourselves this question when we see so much terrible darkness. Grim confrontation between the selfish and the wretched. In the selfish, prejudices, the ignorance of a superior education, appetite fed by overindulgence, the insensitivity of an indurating prosperity, fear of suffering that in some extends to an aversion to those who suffer, relentless complacency, an ego so inflated it denies access to the soul. In the wretched, greed, envy, a hatred of seeing others enjoying themselves, the convulsions of the human beast within them seeking satisfaction, hearts befogged, sadness, need, fatalism, ignorance impure and simple.
[L’avenir arrivera-t-il ? il semble qu’on peut presque se faire cette question quand on voit tant d’ombre terrible. Sombre face-à-face des égoïstes et des misérables. Chez les égoïstes, les préjugés, les ténèbres de l’éducation riche, l’appétit croissant par l’enivrement, un étourdissement de prospérité qui assourdit, la crainte de souffrir qui, dans quelques-uns, va jusqu’à l’aversion des souffrants, une satisfaction implacable, le moi si enflé qu’il ferme l’âme ; chez les misérables, la convoitise, l’envie, la haine de voir les autres jouir, les profondes secousses de la bête humaine vers les assouvissements, les cœurs pleins de brume, la tristesse, le besoin, la fatalité, l’ignorance impure et simple.]Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 4 “St. Denis,” Book 7 “Argot,” ch. 4 (4.7.4) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)]More info about this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/79202/
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At a certain level of wretchedness a kind of spectral indifference takes over, and you see human beings as ghostly presences. Those closest to you are often no more than vague shadowy forms, barely distinct from life’s nebulous background and easily reabsorbed by the invisible.
[À un certain degré de misère, on est gagné par une sorte d’indifférence spectrale, et l’on voit les êtres comme des larves. Vos plus proches ne sont souvent pour vous que de vagues formes de l’ombre, à peine distinctes du fond nébuleux de la vie et facilement remêlées à l’invisible.]Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 4 “St. Denis,” Book 6 “Little Gavroche,” ch. 1 (4.6.1) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/76374/
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