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WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/76019/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Ella Wheeler Wilcox</b></a></p><blockquote>“He is mad as a hare, poor fellow,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And should be in chains” you say,<br>I haven’t a doubt of your statement,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But who isn’t mad, I pray?<br>Why, the world is a great asylum,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And the people are all insane,<br>Gone daft with pleasure or folly,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or crazed with passion and pain.</blockquote><p><b>Ella Wheeler Wilcox</b> (1850-1919) American author, poet, temperance advocate, spiritualist<br>Poem (1876), “All Mad,” st. 1, <i>Maurine and Other Poems</i></p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/76019/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/wilcox-ella-wheeler/…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humancondition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humancondition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=madness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>madness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pain</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=passion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pleasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleasure</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/75941/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Chamfort</b></a></p><blockquote>There are more fools than wise men, and even in the wise there is more folly than wisdom.<br>&nbsp;<br><i>[Il y a plus de fous que de sages, et dans le sage même, il y a plus de folie que de sagesse.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Nicolas Chamfort</b> (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch)<br><i>Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée],</i> Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts <i>[Maximes et Pensées],”</i> ch. 2, ¶ 149 (1795) [tr. Merwin (1969)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: <a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/75941/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/759…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dolt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fool</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humannature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humannature</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=idiocy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=idiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiots</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stupidity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wise</span></a></p>
Einzelgänger<p>You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don't know the value of your own soul, it's all foolishness. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/einzelg%C3%A4nger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>einzelgänger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/einzelganger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>einzelganger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosopher</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quoteoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quoteoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotestoliveby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotestoliveby</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dailyquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dailyquotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thoughtoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughtoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lifequotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifequotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/success" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>success</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/persistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>persistence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>value</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rumi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rumi</span></a></p>
EmB Philo<p>When we think things can’t get any worse! <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foolishness</span></a></p><p>“Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America’s nuclear weapons”</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-5298190/nuclear-agency-trump-firings-nnsa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/14/nx-s1-52981</span><span class="invisible">90/nuclear-agency-trump-firings-nnsa</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Horace:</p><p>«<br />Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;<br />Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;<br />And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:<br />At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/horace/73650/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wist.info/horace/73650/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/carpediem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carpediem</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/celebration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>celebration</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/enjoyment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>enjoyment</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/holiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>holiday</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mortality</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>party</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/revelry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>revelry</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SeizeTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SeizeTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/silliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>silliness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/vacation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vacation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workaholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>workaholic</span></a></p>
David August<p>War is bad and he is not a clear thinker. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HowItStarted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowItStarted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HowItIsGoing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowItIsGoing</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Chamfort, Nicolas:</p><p>«<br />There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.<br /> <br />[Il y a des sottises bien habillées, comme il y a des sots très bien vêtus.]<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/73124/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/731</span><span class="invisible">24/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/appearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>appearance</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dumbidea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dumbidea</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/facade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>facade</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/idea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>idea</span></a></p>
Marie 🇸🇪<p>Considering his recent picks, it wouldn't surprise anyone. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/hilarious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hilarious</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/diddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diddy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/joke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>joke</span></a></p>
stoicmike<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BrreakingUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BrreakingUp</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/clouds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clouds</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Montaigne, Michel de:</p><p>«<br />No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.</p><p>[Personne n’est exempt de dire des fadaises: le malheur est, de les dire curieusement]<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/2882/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/</span><span class="invisible">2882/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/error" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>error</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/humannature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humannature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/intent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intent</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/mistake" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mistake</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/silliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>silliness</span></a></p>
stoicmike<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ignorance</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Herbert, George:</p><p>«<br />Folly growes without watering.<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/herbert-george/71602/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/herbert-george/71602</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/stupidity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stupidity</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Catullus:</p><p>«<br />I still should not want you to smile on all occasions:<br />for nothing is more silly than a silly smile.</p><p>[Tamen renidere usque quaque te nollem;<br />Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/catullus/69908/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wist.info/catullus/69908/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/grin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grin</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/grinning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>grinning</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/laughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>laughter</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/silliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>silliness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/smile" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smile</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/smiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smiling</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:</p><p>«<br />As favour and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before.<br /> <br />[À mesure que la faveur et les grands biens se retirent d’un homme, ils laissent voir en lui le ridicule qu’ils couvraient, et qui y était sans que personne s’en aperçût.]<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/66979/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/6</span><span class="invisible">6979/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/character" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>character</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/coverup" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coverup</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>decline</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/facade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>facade</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/prestige" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prestige</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Gracián, Baltasar:</p><p>«<br />But many do not know that they do not know, and many think they know when they know nothing. Failings of the intelligence are incorrigible since those who do not know do not know themselves and cannot therefore seek what they lack.<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/gracian-y-morales-baltasar/53078/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba</span><span class="invisible">ltasar/53078/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ignorance</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>selfawareness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/selfcorrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>selfcorrection</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Cicero, Marcus Tullius:</p><p>«<br />People say that age creeps up on them quicker than they expected. First of all, who forced them to think that way? Does age creep up on adults more quickly than maturity creeps up on children? And again, would their age lie less heavily upon them if they were in their eight hundredth…<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/cicero-marcus-tullius/65674/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu</span><span class="invisible">s/65674/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/oldage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>oldage</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/lifespan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lifespan</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/marchoftime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>marchoftime</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/surprise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surprise</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/timeflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>timeflies</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Chamfort, Nicolas:</p><p>«««««<br />It is safe to wager that every public idea and every accepted convention is sheer foolishness, because it has suited the majority.<br />[Il y a à parier que toute idée publique, toute convention reçue, est une sottise, car elle a convenu au plus grand nombre.]<br />»»»»»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/37787/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/377</span><span class="invisible">87/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/commonsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>commonsense</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/convention" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>convention</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>dolt</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ideas</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/idiocy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>idiocy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/majority" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>majority</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/populace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>populace</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>prejudice</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Euripides:</p><p>«««««<br />A foolish man speaks foolishness.<br />[Μῶρα γὰρ μῶρος λέγει.]<br />»»»»»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/euripides/59042/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wist.info/euripides/59042/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fool" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fool</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>speech</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/talking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>talking</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Rogers, Will:</p><p>«««««<br />I don’t care how smart you are, if you say something you are liable to say something foolish, and the smarter you are, and the longer you talk, the more foolish things you will say.<br />»»»»»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/rogers-will/58493/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wist.info/rogers-will/58493/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/brevity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brevity</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/error" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>error</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/talking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>talking</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations has moved!<p>A quotation from Martial:</p><p>«<br />‘Tis hard bewildering riddles to compose<br />And labour lost to work at nonsense prose.<br />[Turpe est difficiles habere nugas,<br />Et stultus labor est ineptiarum.]<br />»</p><p>Full quote, sourcing, notes: <br /><a href="https://wist.info/martial/38101/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wist.info/martial/38101/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/amusement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amusement</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>difficulty</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/diversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>diversion</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/effort" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>effort</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/folly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>folly</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/foolishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foolishness</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>game</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/trifle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trifle</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wasteoftime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wasteoftime</span></a></p>