#selfindulgence — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Cicero

For indeed it is possible that a man may think well, and yet not be able to express his thoughts elegantly; but for any one to publish thoughts which he can neither arrange skillfully nor illustrate so as to entertain his reader, is an unpardonable abuse of letters and retirement: they, therefore, read their books to one another, and no one ever takes them up but those who wish to have the same license for careless writing allowed to themselves.
 
[Fieri autem potest, ut recte quis sentiat et id quod sentit polite eloqui non possit; sed mandare quemquam litteris cogitationes suas, qui eas nec disponere nec inlustrare possit nec delectatione aliqua allicere lectorem, hominis est intemperanter abutentis et otio et litteris. Itaque suos libros ipsi legunt cum suis, nec quisquam attingit praeter eos, qui eandem licentiam scribendi sibi permitti volunt.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 1, ch. 3 (1.3) / sec. 6 (1.6) (45 BC) [tr. Yonge (1853)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

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A quotation from Basil the Great

You seem to have great possessions! How else can this be, but that you have preferred your own enjoyment to the consolation of the many? For the more you abound in wealth, the more you lack in love.
 
[ἀλλὰ μὴν φαίνῃ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά. Πόθεν ταῦτα; ἢ δῆλον ὅτι τὴν οἰκείαν ἀπόλαυσιν προτι μοτέραν τῆς τῶν πολλῶν παραμυθίας ποιούμενος. Ὅσον οὖν πλεονάζεις τῷ πλούτῳ, τοσοῦτον ἐλλείπεις τῇ ἀγάπῃ.]

Basil of Caesarea (AD 330-378) Christian bishop, theologian, monasticist, Doctor of the Church [Saint Basil the Great, Ἅγιος Βασίλειος ὁ Μέγας]
Sermon (368 ca.), "To the Rich [Ὁμιλία πρὸς τοὺς πλουτούντας]" [tr. Schroeder (2009)]

More about this quote: wist.info/basil-of-caesarea/70…

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A quotation from Brennan Manning

When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God’s gift of grace.

Brennan Manning (1934-2013) American author, laicized priest, theologian, speaker [Richard Francis Xavier Manning]
The Ragamuffin Gospel, ch. 6 “Grazie, Signore” (1990)

More about this quote: wist.info/manning-brennan/8381…

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🎮 Oh joy, another self-indulgent #memoir by Andy Gavin, where the Crash Bandicoot creator waxes poetic about his literary "masterpieces" no one asked for. 📚 Who knew a game about a bandicoot could lead to this much ego inflation? 📝
https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/video-games/making-crash/ #AndyGavin #CrashBandicoot #selfindulgence #egoinflation #HackerNews #ngated

Stephanie Krzywonos graces us with a color-splattered essay where she narrates like a self-aware podcast in the Museum of Irrelevance. 🎨✨ For those seeking to explore shades of self-indulgence, Krzywonos's Antarctic musings are a perfect chill pill. 🥶📚
https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/museum-of-color/ #StephanieKrzywonos #MuseumOfIrrelevance #SelfIndulgence #AntarcticMusings #ColorSplatteredEssay #HackerNews #ngated

Morning my pet. What makes you think you're going to start today with anything less than the best? A cool, creamy yogurt, thick with sweet berries and a crunch of golden granola. Nutritious yet indulgent. Just like you deserve. Sit. Eat slowly. Let it remind you: pleasure and care aren't separate things. Good pet. ❤️

#morningvibes #breakfastgoals #granolagirl #cozymornings #sweetstart #nourishtoflourish #nourish #eatslowly #selflovejourney #selfindulgence #divinefeminine #goodpet

Make time for you
We kick off our 2024 holiday gift guides with this first selection for #indulgence, either to reward yourself or to treat a friend

https://lucire.com/2024/1113ll0.shtml #beauty #living #lifestyle #selfindulgence #gifts #presents

Getting extremely silly in my spare time.
Fixin to draw all my and my partner's main & secondary OCs

Full on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/personal-work-oc-103849407

#originalCharacters #sketch #sketches #drawing #selfindulgence

A woman of seven and twenty

A woman of seven and twenty,said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.”
~~Jane Austen

https://pywacket.org/wordpress/a-woman-of-seven-and-twenty/

#Age #Angst #vanity #aging #NavelGazing #SelfIndulgence

Supervising my new mighty Joyoung noodle makee. #noodle #selfindulgence

@JimmyB @OliverNoble @KarenawokeKaren

I rather think the calculation was that #corbyn having lost two elections to the most rightWing, destructive #toryGovt we have ever had, it is time to drop the #selfIndulgence & regain the #centreGround - which #starmer has done

@atomicpoet by way of #introduction and #selfindulgence, I’ve run my own email service for the last 25 years, and have architected some of the largest email systems in the world.