#needful — Public Fediverse posts
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #communication #discretion #eloquence #necessary #needful #propriety #requirement #silence #speaking
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #communication #discretion #eloquence #necessary #needful #propriety #requirement #silence #speaking
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #communication #discretion #eloquence #necessary #needful #propriety #requirement #silence #speaking
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
True eloquence consists in saying all that need be said and no more.
[La véritable éloquence consiste à dire tout ce qu’il faut, et à ne dire que ce qu’il faut.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶250 (1665-1678) [tr. FitzGibbon (1957)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
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MENELAUS: But so it has to be.
For the saying is not mine, but it was wisely said,
that nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
[ΜΕΝΕΛΈΩΣ: ἀλλ᾽ ἀναγκαίως ἔχει.
λόγος γάρ ἐστιν οὐκ ἐμός, σοφὸν δ᾽ ἔπος,
δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχύειν πλέον.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 512ff (412 BC) [tr. Lattimore (1956)]Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/78063/
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The realisation of one's existence to be a fundamentally #needful one is a prerequisite to understand the limits of #autonomy as a "selfmade" myth -- and to adopt the notion of #Freedom in #relatedness :
I should be aware, and make conscious choices where possible, about the people and organisations I relate to and depend on, and in what ways, in past, present and future.
And I express lifetime gratitude to @antjeschrupp , Ina Praetorius and so many other people for so many insights. 💜