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A quotation from Joseph Addison

Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-11-17), The Spectator, No. 225

More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/81187…

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A quotation from Joseph Addison

Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-11-17), The Spectator, No. 225

More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/81187…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #josephaddison #circumspection #diplomacy #discretion #gettingalong #judgment #prudence #subtlety #tact #talent #timing #success

A quotation from Euripides

CREON: A woman of hot temper — and a man the same —
Is a less dangerous enemy than one quiet and clever.
 
[ΚΡΈΩΝ: Γυνὴ γὰρ ὀξύθυμος, ὡς δ᾽ αὔτως ἀνήρ,
ῥᾴων φυλάσσειν ἢ σιωπηλὸς σοφή.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 319ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/80979/

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A quotation from Euripides

CREON: A woman of hot temper — and a man the same —
Is a less dangerous enemy than one quiet and clever.
 
[ΚΡΈΩΝ: Γυνὴ γὰρ ὀξύθυμος, ὡς δ᾽ αὔτως ἀνήρ,
ῥᾴων φυλάσσειν ἢ σιωπηλὸς σοφή.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 319ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/80979/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #anger #badtemper #cunning #danger #fury #plotting #scheming #selfcontrol #selfrestraint #silence #subtlety #temper #wrath #rage #warningsign

Dog: oh no, I am not suggesting anything! I just happened to be sitting here... hmm dee hmmm.....

#DogsOfMastodon #subtlety

“Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal, refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art; if thou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein! But exceed! exceed!”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/07/11/wisdom-says-be-strong-then-canst-thou-bear-more-joy-be-not-animal-refine-thy-rapture-if-thou-drink-drink-by-the-eight-and-ninety-rules-of-art-if-thou-love-exceed-by-delicacy-and-if-thou-do/

A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:

«
Questions show the mind’s range, and answers, its subtlety.
 
[Les questions montrent l’étendue de l’esprit, et les réponses sa finesse.]
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/21139/

#quote #quotes #quotation #answering #answers #asking #broadmindedness #finesse #inquiry #mind #questions #solution #subtlety

A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:

«
Questions show the mind’s range, and answers, its subtlety.
 
[Les questions montrent l’étendue de l’esprit, et les réponses sa finesse.]
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/21139/

#quote #quotes #quotation #answering #answers #asking #broadmindedness #finesse #inquiry #mind #questions #solution #subtlety

A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:

«
Questions show the mind’s range, and answers, its subtlety.
 
[Les questions montrent l’étendue de l’esprit, et les réponses sa finesse.]
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/21139/

#quote #quotes #quotation #answering #answers #asking #broad-mindedness #finesse #inquiry #mind #questions #solution #subtlety

A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:

«
Questions show the mind’s range, and answers, its subtlety.
 
[Les questions montrent l’étendue de l’esprit, et les réponses sa finesse.]
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/21139/

#quote #quotes #quotation #answering #answers #asking #broad-mindedness #finesse #inquiry #mind #questions #solution #subtlety

On #authoritarian #vision, #Trump spent the weekend abandoning #subtlety.

#Voters now face a #foundational #question: Can #DonaldTrump win the #presidency while running on an overtly as a #Dictator with an #authoritarian #vision?

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/authoritarian-vision-trump-spent-weekend-abandoning-subtlety-rcna130213

On #authoritarian #vision, #Trump spent the weekend abandoning #subtlety.

#Voters now face a #foundational #question: Can #DonaldTrump win the #presidency while running on an overtly as a #Dictator with an #authoritarian #vision?

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/authoritarian-vision-trump-spent-weekend-abandoning-subtlety-rcna130213

On #authoritarian #vision, #Trump spent the weekend abandoning #subtlety.

#Voters now face a #foundational #question: Can #DonaldTrump win the #presidency while running on an overtly as a #Dictator with an #authoritarian #vision?

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/authoritarian-vision-trump-spent-weekend-abandoning-subtlety-rcna130213

On #authoritarian #vision, #Trump spent the weekend abandoning #subtlety.

#Voters now face a #foundational #question: Can #DonaldTrump win the #presidency while running on an overtly as a #Dictator with an #authoritarian #vision?

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/authoritarian-vision-trump-spent-weekend-abandoning-subtlety-rcna130213

On #authoritarian #vision, #Trump spent the weekend abandoning #subtlety.

#Voters now face a #foundational #question: Can #DonaldTrump win the #presidency while running on an overtly as a #Dictator with an #authoritarian #vision?

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/authoritarian-vision-trump-spent-weekend-abandoning-subtlety-rcna130213

Today's poem:

Athena
- by Amy Clampitt

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/734504003341320192/athena?source=share

#athena #poetry #AmyClampitt #personification #subtlety #devious #paradox #contradiction #devotion #goddess

Today's poem:

Athena
- by Amy Clampitt

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/734504003341320192/athena?source=share

#athena #poetry #AmyClampitt #personification #subtlety #devious #paradox #contradiction #devotion #goddess

Today's poem:

Athena
- by Amy Clampitt

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/734504003341320192/athena?source=share

#athena #poetry #AmyClampitt #personification #subtlety #devious #paradox #contradiction #devotion #goddess

"Sometimes Subtlety Just Won't Do"

As I was working at a nursing home an old guy pissed in the ice machine. When asked why he just said he needed to go. And the ice machine was as good as anywhere else. A sign was placed on the machine door – "Do not use this ice!" But then we heard another employee doubt this had happened. Said it looked like tea to her. The sign was then changed to – "Ice contaminated with urine!" Sometimes subtlety just won't do. #writing #FlashMemoir #subtlety