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#humannature

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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Chamfort

There are more fools than wise men, and even in the wise there is more folly than wisdom.
 
[Il y a plus de fous que de sages, et dans le sage même, il y a plus de folie que de sagesse.]

Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch)
Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées],” ch. 2, ¶ 149 (1795) [tr. Merwin (1969)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/759…

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bsmall2

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> For human nature is such that sorrows and sufferings simultaneously endured do not add up to a whole in our consciousness but hide, the lesser behind the greater, according to a definite law of perspective... when this most immediate cause of unhappiness comes to an end, we are painfully surprised to see that behind it lies another one, and in reality a whole series of other ones...
tiksi.net/display/99eebdd3-9db

@bsmall2@writing.exchange @bsmall2@tiksi.net
#HumanNature #HedonicAdaptation #知足 #足るを知る #PrimoLeviOnHappiness
#PrimoLeviOnContentment

tiksi.netPrimo Levi on a Good Day and Unhappiness -
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Alice
"Uma fusão entre humano e natureza. O rosto emerge entre galhos retorcidos, alguns ainda vivos, outros secos pelo tempo. O olhar fixo e os lábios entreabertos carregam uma ambiguidade: surpresa, melancolia ou transformação? O fundo azul profundo contrasta com os tons avermelhados na base, criando uma atmosfera de serenidade e inquietação. Um instante capturado de um mundo próprio.

🎨 Arte por mim.
🖋 Descrição feita por IA.

#ArteSurrealista #Surrealismo #ExpressãoVisual #ArteEEmoção #Metamorfose #NaturezaHumana #Criatividade #Pintura #Transformação #SonhoEVerdade #Psicodelia #ArteVisionária #Misticismo #RealidadeAlternativa #Subconsciente #FantasiaSombria #ConexãoComANatureza #InspiraçãoVisual #MundosParalelos"
"A fusion between human and nature. The face emerges from among twisted branches, some still alive, others dried by time. The fixed gaze and the parted lips carry an ambiguity: surprise, melancholy or transformation? The deep blue background contrasts with the reddish tones at the base, creating an atmosphere of serenity and restlessness. A captured moment from a world of its own.

🎨 Art by me.
🖋 Description made by AI.

#SurrealistArt #Surrealism #VisualExpression #ArtANDEmotion #Metamorphosis #HumanNature #Creativity #Painting #Transformation #DreamANDTruth #Psychedelia #VisionaryArt #Mysticism #AlternativeReality #Subconscious #DarkFantasy #ConnectionWithNature #VisualInspiration #ParallelWorlds"
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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

We were born for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of upper and lower teeth. So to work against each other is contrary to nature; and resentment and rejection count as working against someone.
 
[γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν: ἀντιπρακτικὸν δὲ τὸ ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ ἀποστρέφεσθαι.]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1) [tr. Gill (2013)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7491…

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The Bee Guy

‘Mom, Dad’s feeding his penis to the #birds again…’
Guffaws of laughter.
‘Peanuts!’
‘Yeah that’s what we said, penis!’
More laughter.
That’s what happens when the young’uns ain’t so young anymore.
They get sarcastic and funny and Dad bears the brunt of it.
If you’re lucky.
Peanuts!!!!!
#nature
#humannature
#dads

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A quotation from Philip K. Dick

The authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do and, in addition, will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people. They say “no” to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. Their deeds may be small, and almost always unnoticed, unmarked by history. Their names are not remembered, nor did these authentic humans expect their names to be remembered. I see their authenticity in an odd way: not in their willingness to perform great heroic deeds, but in their quiet refusals to commit villainies. In essence, they cannot be compelled to be what they are not.

Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) American writer
Speech (1978) “How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later”

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/dick-philip-k/39294/

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WIST Quotations · Speech (1978) "How To Build A Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later" - Dick, Philip K. | WIST QuotationsThe authentic human being is one of us who instinctively knows what he should not do and, in addition, will balk at doing it. He will refuse to do it, even if this brings down dread consequences to him and those whom he loves. This, to me, is the ultimately…
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Six Grandfathers Mountain

@lisagetspolitik
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#Hegseth approved a school article....because there was "no duress"

I can see why #SusanCollins voted NO

That's not how #humannature is supposed to work AND especially not for a #secdef
She said to #Maddow "I am already getting blowback"

Blowback, I wonder if that's Trump's codename

Susan Collins is the #Maine senior senator a member of the Republican Party, she held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest serving member of Congress
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_

en.m.wikipedia.orgSusan Collins - Wikipedia
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Christopher Stewart

« Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web. »

— Marcus Aurelius

🔗 · poligraf.tumblr.com/post/73899

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