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  1. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/1350/

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  2. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/1350/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #amorality #apathy #banality #banalityofevil #decision #evil #good #indecision #lukewarm #moralchoice #moralcode #thoughtlessness #virtue #vice #evildoer #wrongdoing #rightandwrong #moralagency #responsiblity #takeresponsibility

  3. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/1350/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #amorality #apathy #banality #banalityofevil #decision #evil #good #indecision #lukewarm #moralchoice #moralcode #thoughtlessness #virtue #vice #evildoer #wrongdoing #rightandwrong #moralagency #responsiblity #takeresponsibility

  4. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/1350/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #amorality #apathy #banality #banalityofevil #decision #evil #good #indecision #lukewarm #moralchoice #moralcode #thoughtlessness #virtue #vice #evildoer #wrongdoing #rightandwrong #moralagency #responsiblity #takeresponsibility

  5. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Life of the Mind, Vol. 1 “Thinking,” Part 3, ch. 18 “The two-in-one” (1977)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/1350/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #amorality #apathy #banality #banalityofevil #decision #evil #good #indecision #lukewarm #moralchoice #moralcode #thoughtlessness #virtue #vice #evildoer #wrongdoing #rightandwrong #moralagency #responsiblity #takeresponsibility

  6. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong. Let them agree to differ; for who knows but what agreeing to differ may not be a form of agreement rather than a form of difference?

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 38

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

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  7. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong. Let them agree to differ; for who knows but what agreeing to differ may not be a form of agreement rather than a form of difference?

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 38

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #age #agreetodisagree #agreement #collaboration #differenceofopinion #disagreement #error #maturity #opinion #perspective #rightandwrong #youth #generations

  8. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong. Let them agree to differ; for who knows but what agreeing to differ may not be a form of agreement rather than a form of difference?

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 38

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #age #agreetodisagree #agreement #collaboration #differenceofopinion #disagreement #error #maturity #opinion #perspective #rightandwrong #youth #generations

  9. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong. Let them agree to differ; for who knows but what agreeing to differ may not be a form of agreement rather than a form of difference?

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 38

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #age #agreetodisagree #agreement #collaboration #differenceofopinion #disagreement #error #maturity #opinion #perspective #rightandwrong #youth #generations

  10. Thank goodness they had instructions. I was just about to clamber up! 🚽

    #potty #humor #RightAndWrong

  11. Thank goodness they had instructions. I was just about to clamber up! 🚽

    #potty #humor #RightAndWrong

  12. Thank goodness they had instructions. I was just about to clamber up! 🚽

    #potty #humor #RightAndWrong

  13. Thank goodness they had instructions. I was just about to clamber up! 🚽

    #potty #humor #RightAndWrong

  14. Thank goodness they had instructions. I was just about to clamber up! 🚽

    #potty #humor #RightAndWrong

  15. “How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable. Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful. What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?”

    theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

    #USPol #USpol #TFG #RightAndWrong

  16. “How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable. Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful. What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?”

    theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

    #USPol #USpol #TFG #RightAndWrong

  17. “How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable. Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful. What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?”

    theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

    #USPol #USpol #TFG #RightAndWrong

  18. “How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable. Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful. What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?”

    theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

    #USPol #USpol #TFG #RightAndWrong

  19. “How is it that half of America looks at Donald Trump and doesn’t find him morally repellent? He lies, cheats, steals, betrays, and behaves cruelly and corruptly, and more than 70 million Americans find him, at the very least, morally acceptable. Some even see him as heroic, admirable, and wonderful. What has brought us to this state of moral numbness?”

    theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

    #USPol #USpol #TFG #RightAndWrong

  20. A quotation from Euripides

    HECUBA: It the duty of a good man to do good everywhere and always to punish the evil men.
     
    [ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἐσθλοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς τῇ δίκῃ θ᾿ ὑπηρετεῖν
       καὶ τοὺς κακοὺς δρᾶν πανταχοῦ κακῶς ἀεί.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 844ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2007)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/76521/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #duty #evil #goodandevil #goodperson #justice #rightandwrong #virtue #wrongdoing

  21. A quotation from Euripides

    HECUBA: It the duty of a good man to do good everywhere and always to punish the evil men.
     
    [ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἐσθλοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς τῇ δίκῃ θ᾿ ὑπηρετεῖν
       καὶ τοὺς κακοὺς δρᾶν πανταχοῦ κακῶς ἀεί.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 844ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2007)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/76521/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #duty #evil #goodandevil #goodperson #justice #rightandwrong #virtue #wrongdoing

  22. A quotation from Euripides

    HECUBA: It the duty of a good man to do good everywhere and always to punish the evil men.
     
    [ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἐσθλοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς τῇ δίκῃ θ᾿ ὑπηρετεῖν
       καὶ τοὺς κακοὺς δρᾶν πανταχοῦ κακῶς ἀεί.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 844ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2007)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/76521/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #hecuba #duty #evil #goodandevil #goodperson #justice #rightandwrong #virtue #wrongdoing

  23. A quotation from Josh Billings

    We are never nearer right than we am when we fear we are rong.
     
    [We are never nearer right than we are when we fear we are wrong.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/76476/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #concern #confidence #correct #error #rightandwrong #selfawareness #uncertainty

  24. A quotation from Josh Billings

    We are never nearer right than we am when we fear we are rong.
     
    [We are never nearer right than we are when we fear we are wrong.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/76476/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #concern #confidence #correct #error #rightandwrong #selfawareness #uncertainty

  25. A quotation from Josh Billings

    We are never nearer right than we am when we fear we are rong.
     
    [We are never nearer right than we are when we fear we are wrong.]

    Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
    Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/76476/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #concern #confidence #correct #error #rightandwrong #selfawareness #uncertainty

  26. A quotation from Thoreau

    I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, even to keep soul and body together, if it do not keep you and humanity together.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #higherlaw #citizen #civicduty #humanity #law #morality #rightandwrong

  27. A quotation from Thoreau

    I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, even to keep soul and body together, if it do not keep you and humanity together.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #higherlaw #citizen #civicduty #humanity #law #morality #rightandwrong

  28. A quotation from Thoreau

    I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, even to keep soul and body together, if it do not keep you and humanity together.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #higherlaw #citizen #civicduty #humanity #law #morality #rightandwrong

  29. A quotation from Thoreau

    I would remind my countrymen, that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour. No matter how valuable law may be to protect your property, even to keep soul and body together, if it do not keep you and humanity together.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #higherlaw #citizen #civicduty #humanity #law #morality #rightandwrong

  30. Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25+ hours about the 5-alarm fire we in the US are experiencing and most are focusing on him breaking a record. How “American.” Come on, get it together! It can be scary, but this is our time to go big. Learn from those who have gone before us…
    #CoryBooker #USPol #USPolitics #RightAndWrong

  31. Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25+ hours about the 5-alarm fire we in the US are experiencing and most are focusing on him breaking a record. How “American.” Come on, get it together! It can be scary, but this is our time to go big. Learn from those who have gone before us…
    #CoryBooker #USPol #USPolitics #RightAndWrong

  32. Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25+ hours about the 5-alarm fire we in the US are experiencing and most are focusing on him breaking a record. How “American.” Come on, get it together! It can be scary, but this is our time to go big. Learn from those who have gone before us…
    #CoryBooker #USPol #USPolitics #RightAndWrong

  33. Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25+ hours about the 5-alarm fire we in the US are experiencing and most are focusing on him breaking a record. How “American.” Come on, get it together! It can be scary, but this is our time to go big. Learn from those who have gone before us…
    #CoryBooker #USPol #USPolitics #RightAndWrong

  34. Senator Cory Booker spoke for 25+ hours about the 5-alarm fire we in the US are experiencing and most are focusing on him breaking a record. How “American.” Come on, get it together! It can be scary, but this is our time to go big. Learn from those who have gone before us…
    #CoryBooker #USPol #USPolitics #RightAndWrong

  35. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Attempt nothing, for which thou darest not pray to God.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 87 (1725)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #conscience #judgment #perspective #prayer #rightandwrong #shame

  36. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Attempt nothing, for which thou darest not pray to God.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 87 (1725)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #conscience #judgment #perspective #prayer #rightandwrong #shame

  37. A quotation from Thomas Fuller

    Attempt nothing, for which thou darest not pray to God.

    Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
    Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 87 (1725)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #conscience #judgment #perspective #prayer #rightandwrong #shame

  38. A quotation from Thoreau

    What is wanted is men, not of policy, but of probity, — who recognize a higher law than the Constitution, or the decision of the majority. The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls, — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #higherlaw #law #policy #rightandwrong

  39. A quotation from Thoreau

    What is wanted is men, not of policy, but of probity, — who recognize a higher law than the Constitution, or the decision of the majority. The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls, — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #higherlaw #law #policy #rightandwrong

  40. A quotation from Thoreau

    What is wanted is men, not of policy, but of probity, — who recognize a higher law than the Constitution, or the decision of the majority. The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls, — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #higherlaw #law #policy #rightandwrong

  41. A quotation from Thoreau

    What is wanted is men, not of policy, but of probity, — who recognize a higher law than the Constitution, or the decision of the majority. The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls, — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #higherlaw #law #policy #rightandwrong

  42. A quotation from Thoreau

    What is wanted is men, not of policy, but of probity, — who recognize a higher law than the Constitution, or the decision of the majority. The fate of the country does not depend on how you vote at the polls, — the worst man is as strong as the best at that game; it does not depend on what kind of paper you drop into the ballot-box once a year, but on what kind of man you drop from your chamber into the street every morning.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Speech (1854-07-04), “Slavery in Massachusetts,” Anti-Slavery Celebration, Framingham, Massachusetts

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #higherlaw #law #policy #rightandwrong

  43. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own — not of the same blood or birth, but the same mind, and possessing a share of the divine. And so none of them can hurt me. No one can implicate me in ugliness. Nor can I feel angry at my relative, or hate him.
     
    [ἐγὼ δὲ τεθεωρηκὼς τὴν φύσιν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ὅτι καλόν, καὶ τοῦ κακοῦ ὅτι αἰσχρόν, καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἁμαρτάνοντος φύσιν ὅτι μοι συγγενής, οὐχὶ αἵματος ἢ σπέρματος τοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ νοῦ καὶ θείας ἀπομοίρας μέτοχος, οὔτε βλαβῆναι ὑπό τινος αὐτῶν δύναμαι: αἰσχρῷ γάρ με οὐδεὶς περιβαλεῖ: οὔτε ὀργίζεσθαι τῷ συγγενεῖ δύναμαι οὔτε ἀπέχθεσθαι αὐτῷ.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1) [tr. Hays (2003)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7474…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #anger #brotherhood #evil #evildoer #good #goodandevil #hatred #humannature #humanity #rightandwrong #wicked #wrongdoer

  44. A quotation from Euripides

    ORESTES: Otherwise how can we believe in the gods, if injustice can triumph over justice?
     
    [ὈΡΈΣΤΗΣ:        ἢ χρὴ μηκέθ᾽ ἡγεῖσθαι θεούς,
    εἰ τἄδικ᾽ ἔσται τῆς δίκης ὑπέρτερα.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Electra [Ἠλέκτρα], l. 584ff (c. 420 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2006)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/74481/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #beliefsystem #divinejustice #evil #faith #God #gods #good #goodandevil #injustice #justice #meme #right #rightandwrong #theodicy #wrong

  45. A quotation from Euripides

    ORESTES: Otherwise how can we believe in the gods, if injustice can triumph over justice?
     
    [ὈΡΈΣΤΗΣ:        ἢ χρὴ μηκέθ᾽ ἡγεῖσθαι θεούς,
    εἰ τἄδικ᾽ ἔσται τῆς δίκης ὑπέρτερα.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Electra [Ἠλέκτρα], l. 584ff (c. 420 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2006)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/74481/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #beliefsystem #divinejustice #evil #faith #God #gods #good #goodandevil #injustice #justice #right #rightandwrong #theodicy #wrong

  46. A quotation from Euripides

    ORESTES: Otherwise how can we believe in the gods, if injustice can triumph over justice?
     
    [ὈΡΈΣΤΗΣ:        ἢ χρὴ μηκέθ᾽ ἡγεῖσθαι θεούς,
    εἰ τἄδικ᾽ ἔσται τῆς δίκης ὑπέρτερα.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Electra [Ἠλέκτρα], l. 584ff (c. 420 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2006)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/74481/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #beliefsystem #divinejustice #evil #faith #God #gods #good #goodandevil #injustice #justice #right #rightandwrong #theodicy #wrong

  47. A quotation from Iain Banks

       Dessous roared with laughter. “Telman! I can’t believe I’m having to tell you this, but life isn’t fair!”
       “No, the world isn’t fair, the universe isn’t fair. Physics, chemistry and mathematics, they aren’t fair. Or unfair, for that matter. Fairness is an idea, and only conscious creatures have ideas. That’s us. We have ideas about right and wrong. We invent the idea of justice so that we can judge whether something is good or bad. We develop morality. We create rules to live by and call them laws, all to make life more fair.”

    Iain Banks (1954-2013) Scottish author
    The Business, ch. 5 (1999)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/banks-iaian/74470/

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