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  1. 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/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #brotherhood #commonality #humancondition #humanity #incommon #vices #virtues #humannature

  2. 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/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #brotherhood #commonality #humancondition #humanity #incommon #vices #virtues #humannature

  3. 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/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #brotherhood #commonality #humancondition #humanity #incommon #vices #virtues #humannature

  4. 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/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #brotherhood #commonality #humancondition #humanity #incommon #vices #virtues #humannature

  5. 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…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #boasting #correction #failings #faults #fixing #merit #promotion #rebranding #selfcorrection #selfimprovement #vices #virtue #weaknesses

  6. 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
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoma

    ALT text + link: allpoetry.com/poem/18900752-Ps

    #poetry #poems #souls #goodvsevil #spirituality #wars #awareness #mindfulness #peace #goodness #vices #virtues #consciousliving #questions #criticalthinking #truth #hope

    Poem © Copyright Robert J. Tiess 2026

  7. Implantation, gestion des eaux… Quatre vices qui risquent de faire tomber ce projet de

    Une copie largement raturée. Une audience aux allures de réquisitoire. Et un suspense total avant le délibéré attendu…
    #Nantes #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #37 #actu #Actualités #eaux #europe #faire #gestion #Implantation #logements #paysdelaloire #Projet #Républiquefrançaise #risquent #sociaux #tomber #vices
    europesays.com/fr/543910/

  8. No more drinking? Like ever ever?

    I’m gonna be down to two “vices” here pretty soon. #vices #coldturkey

  9. No more drinking? Like ever ever?

    I’m gonna be down to two “vices” here pretty soon.

  10. No more drinking? Like ever ever?

    I’m gonna be down to two “vices” here pretty soon. #vices #coldturkey

  11. No more drinking? Like ever ever?

    I’m gonna be down to two “vices” here pretty soon. #vices #coldturkey

  12. No more drinking? Like ever ever?

    I’m gonna be down to two “vices” here pretty soon. #vices #coldturkey

  13. 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…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #failings #faults #selfawareness #selfcriticism #vices #meme

  14. Here's a piece from my Substack about how we get things wrong and fail in our moral lives, a matter we often give enough attention or thought to, and which virtue ethics approaches can help with

    gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/
    #Philosophy #Ethics #Life #Mistakes #Errors #Failures #Vices

  15. So I quite abusing alcohol last year and caffeine this year - but replaced them with eating. I need a new vice to replace eating. Any thoughts?
    #addiction #foodaddict #addict #vices #health

  16. In 2 weeks, I'm offering a new section of my 8-week online class Aristotle on the Moral Virtues. Here's the class site reasonio.teachable.com/p/arist
    Got ANY questions about the class? Ask away!

    #Aristotle #Class #Online #Virtues #Vices #Ethics #PersonalDevelopment

  17. Starting in a few weeks, we're offering an 8-week online class examining Aristotle's virtue ethics, with deep dive studies of the 12 virtues he examines!

    Learn more about the class, or enroll here reasonio.teachable.com/p/arist
    #Aristotle #Class #Online #Virtues #Vices #Ethics #PersonalDevelopment

  18. @Koenfucius Here's SEP's take on the topic, plato.stanford.edu/entries/sel, and here IEP's entry on the ethics of it, iep.utm.edu/eth-self/

    For me, self-deception remains an epistemic vice par excellence, no matter it's evolutionary origins or short-term psychological benefits.

    #selfDeception #vices #viceEpistemology #epistemic #ClimateChange

  19. 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"
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  20. 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"
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  21. 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"
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  22. 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"
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  23. 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"
    bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

  24. Seneca claims - and makes a number of arguments (some good, some. . . ) that anger is the worst of all of the vices. Here's a core concept video on his discussion of that in On Anger book 3

    youtu.be/lgfupnOOf6s
    #Video #Seneca #Stoicism #Anger #Vices #Argument #Comparison

  25. There's only one situation in which John Cassian thinks anger is useful for us human beings, and that's when a person gets angry with their own vices, including paradoxically, their very own anger!

    youtu.be/DOacwqCnMrY
    #Video #Cassian #Anger #Vices #Emotion #Ethics #Philosophy

  26. (5/9)

    In past centuries the church performed the function of #fertility booster. Today's more complex society requires more complex #indoctrination methods. Hollywood and #corporateMedia serve this end. Look how they glamorise #megacities, war, #vices (especially #smoking) and open-borders. Oh and the character will never get an abortion (the alternative to this rule is the #PopulationMediaCenter, #PMC).

    Sadly most #socialMedia platforms today, which are #centralised, like...(5/9)