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  1. A quotation from C. C. Colton

    The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other.

    Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
    Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 443 (1820)

    More about this quote: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #ego #ignorance #pride #unawareness

  2. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-08), “The Hero as Prophet,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/730/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #ego #fault #flaw #ignorance #selfapproval #selfassurance #selfawareness #selfconsciousness #selfdeception #selfknowledge #selfrationalization #unawareness

  3. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-08), “The Hero as Prophet,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/730/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #ego #fault #flaw #ignorance #selfapproval #selfassurance #selfawareness #selfconsciousness #selfdeception #selfknowledge #selfrationalization #unawareness

  4. A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

    The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

    Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
    Lecture (1840-05-08), “The Hero as Prophet,” Home House, Portman Square, London

    More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/730/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #ego #fault #flaw #ignorance #selfapproval #selfassurance #selfawareness #selfconsciousness #selfdeception #selfknowledge #selfrationalization #unawareness

  5. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #alcohol #analgesic #distraction #drinking #drunkenness #frustration #hedonism #living #oblivion #palliative #pleasure #unawareness #unhappiness

  6. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #alcohol #analgesic #distraction #drinking #drunkenness #frustration #hedonism #living #oblivion #palliative #pleasure #unawareness #unhappiness

  7. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #alcohol #analgesic #distraction #drinking #drunkenness #frustration #hedonism #living #oblivion #palliative #pleasure #unawareness #unhappiness

  8. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #alcohol #analgesic #distraction #drinking #drunkenness #frustration #hedonism #living #oblivion #palliative #pleasure #unawareness #unhappiness

  9. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

    Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #alcohol #analgesic #distraction #drinking #drunkenness #frustration #hedonism #living #oblivion #palliative #pleasure #unawareness #unhappiness

  10. A quotation from Goethe

    Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist

    Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893)]

    Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/goethe-johann/1662/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #action #activity #folly #idiocy #ignorance #inexperience #stupidity #unawareness #unfamiliarity