#vices — Public Fediverse posts

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Betting is bad. Deregulating it to allow for betting on outcomes of war, etc. it is only making it worse. #onlinegambling #gambling #onlinebetting #betting #cdnpoli #cdnecon #vices

A quotation from Josh Billings

Man iz mi brother, and i konsider that i am nearer related tew him through hiz vices, than i am through hiz virtews.
 
[Man is my brother, and I consider that I am nearer related to him through his vices, than I am through his virtues.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82682/

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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld

We try to make virtues of the faults we do not wish to correct.
 
[Nous essayons de nous faire honneur des défauts que nous ne voulons pas corriger.]

François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶442 (1665-1678) [tr. Kronenberger (1959)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…

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My poem Psychomachian

on the ongoing "soul war" for and in minds all over.

Shown here spanning two columns.

It's partly inspired by Prudentius' ancient poem Psychomachia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychomachia

ALT text + link: https://allpoetry.com/poem/18900752-Psychomachian-by-Robert-J.-Tiess/

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Poem © Copyright Robert J. Tiess 2026

A quotation from Cicero

It is a good thing to recognize one’s own faults.
 
[Bellum est enim sua vitia nosse.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], Book 2, Letter 17, sec. 2 (2.17.2) (59 BC) [tr. Winstedt (1912)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

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Rules needed 'to rein in influencers'
"government shld rein in social media #influencers to prevent them from churning out #unethical or even #illegal content, suggested the Office of #NESDC .. latest #Thailand Social's Outlook on social media trends found the increased role online content creators & influencers have in the promotion of some #vices, such as online #gambling .. countries like PRC, UK & Norway have come up with #regulations on #socialmedia #content"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2752859/rules-needed-to-rein-in-influencers