#reconsideration — Public Fediverse posts
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I wrote somewhere once that the third-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the minority, and the first-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking. With equal truth it may be said that a first-rate mind is not one which does not remember the past, nor is it one which cannot forget the past; it is a mind which will use the past but not be ordered by it. It is a mind independent of everybody and everything but the facts in front of it. It is as little perturbed to find itself sharing a thought with the simple as it is elated to find itself sharing a thought with the subtle.
A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
War with Honour, Macmillan War Pamphlets, Issue 2 (1940)More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/82636/
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I wrote somewhere once that the third-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the majority, the second-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking with the minority, and the first-rate mind was only happy when it was thinking. With equal truth it may be said that a first-rate mind is not one which does not remember the past, nor is it one which cannot forget the past; it is a mind which will use the past but not be ordered by it. It is a mind independent of everybody and everything but the facts in front of it. It is as little perturbed to find itself sharing a thought with the simple as it is elated to find itself sharing a thought with the subtle.
A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
War with Honour, Macmillan War Pamphlets, Issue 2 (1940)More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/82636/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aamilne #consideration #genius #history #intellect #lessons #majority #mind #minority #past #precedent #reconsideration #thinking #thought
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Reconsider,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1073/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #afterthefact #confirmation #decision #decisionmaking #justification #reconsideration #selfjustification
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Reconsider,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1073/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #afterthefact #confirmation #decision #decisionmaking #justification #reconsideration #selfjustification
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
RECONSIDER, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Reconsider,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1073/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #afterthefact #confirmation #decision #decisionmaking #justification #reconsideration #selfjustification
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A quotation from Mencken, H. L.:
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Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/mencken-hl/68140/#quote #quotes #quotation #decision #decisionmaking #firmness #inflexibility #reasoning #reconsideration #resolution #stubbornness #stupidity