#weariness — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #weariness, aggregated by home.social.
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I am weary of reading Newspapers. The Times are so full of Events, the whole Drama of the World is such a Tragedy that I am weary of the Spectacle.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1793-02-27) to Abigail AdamsMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35905/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #currentaffairs #drama #events #humancondition #media #news #overwhelm #spectacle #tragedy #weariness #world
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I would not change the song the flute-girl sings
For all the diadems of weary kings,
His joys the Sultan shares with all the world,
His cares he keeps — a chain of glittering rings.Omar Khayyám (1048-1123) Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer [عمر خیام]
Rubáiyát [رباعیات] [tr. Le Gallienne (1897), # 201Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/omar-khayyam/77973/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #rubaiyat #omarkhayyam #cares #contentment #powerful #riches #satisfaction #simplicity #wealth #weariness
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Today's poem:
Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson
- by D.H. Lawrencehttps://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/787128044669337600/afternoon-in-school-the-last-lesson?source=share
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Today's poem:
Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson
- by D.H. Lawrencehttps://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/787128044669337600/afternoon-in-school-the-last-lesson?source=share
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Today's poem:
Afternoon in School: The Last Lesson
- by D.H. Lawrencehttps://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/787128044669337600/afternoon-in-school-the-last-lesson?source=share
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#BlueChristmas: A Service of Hope is tonight. This is a really special time to take our #uncertainty, #weariness, #grief and more and place it before God during preparations for #Christmas. I hope we can share it together either in-person or online tonight. https://littlehills.church/blueChristmas/
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‘Altschmerz’: A sense of weariness, with the same old problems…