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But he that touches me, (hands off! I cry, —
Avaunt, and at your peril come not nigh!)
Shall for his pains be chaunted up and down,
The jest and byeword of a chuckling Town.
[At ille,
Qui me conmorit (melius non tangere, clamo),
Fiebit et insignis tota cantabitur urbe.]
Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 1, “Sunt quibus in Satira,” l. 44ff (2.2.44-46) (30 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)]
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/horace/14901/
WIST Quotations · Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 1, "Sunt quibus in Satira," l. 44ff (2.2.44-46) (30 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)] - Horace | WIST QuotationsBut he that touches me, (hands off! I cry, -- Avaunt, and at your peril come not nigh!) Shall for his pains be chaunted up and down, The jest and byeword of a chuckling Town. [At ille, Qui me conmorit (melius non tangere, clamo), Fiebit et insignis tota cantabitur urbe.]…
Thou canst not joke an Enemy into a Friend; but thou may’st a Friend into an Enemy.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1739 ed.)
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»In a statement to SpaceNews late March 24, #NASA press secretary Bethany Stevens confirmed a post by the Department of Government Efficiency (#DOGE) that NASA had terminated about $420 million in “unneeded” contracts.«
https://spacenews.com/nasa-terminating-420-million-in-contracts/
Seriously, "420"? Just picking a number to please "Mary Jane from Mars"?
https://observer.com/2024/04/elon-musk-number-420-tesla-twitter/
SpaceNews · NASA terminating $420 million in contracts
As well as everything else has gone... there's no way this doesn't go bad!
#usa #israel #syria #lebanon : #provocation / #media / #violence / #supremacy / #mockery
„Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett purportedly joked about giving exploding pagers to dissenting audience members during an event at Harvard Business School last week, The Harvard Crimson reported.“
Boston.com · Harvard Crimson: Former Israeli PM joked about giving exploding pagers to protestersFormer Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's comment was an apparent reference to the September pager attacks in Lebanon and Syria.
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@GottaLaff Today as I walked past the Empire State Building, there were lots of giant rats (usually used to mock anti-union job sites) lined up on the sidewalk. There was noise too (drums? chants? hard to make it all out)
I wondered what would happen if we circled the WH with giant inflatable rats like these.
FALSTAFF: I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Henry IV, Part 2, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 9ff (1.2.9-11) (c. 1598)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
WIST Quotations · Henry IV, Part 2, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 9ff (1.2.9-11) (c. 1598) - Shakespeare, William | WIST QuotationsFALSTAFF: I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
To expose vices to everyone’s laughter is to deal them a mighty blow. People easily endure reproofs, but they cannot at all endure being made fun of. People have no objection to being considered wicked, but they are not willing to be considered ridiculous.
[C’est une grande atteinte aux vices que de les exposer à la risée de tout le monde. On souffre aisément des répréhensions, mais on ne souffre point la raillerie. On veut bien être méchant, mais on ne veut point être ridicule.]
Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L’Imposteur], Preface (1669-03) [tr. Kerr]
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/41387/
WIST Quotations · Tartuffe, or the Hypocrite [Le Tartuffe, ou L'Imposteur], Preface (1669-03) [tr. Kerr] - Moliere | WIST QuotationsTo expose vices to everyone’s laughter is to deal them a mighty blow. People easily endure reproofs, but they cannot at all endure being made fun of. People have no objection to being considered wicked, but they are not willing to be considered ridiculous. [C'est une grande atteinte aux vices…
Why laugh? Change but the name, and the tale is told of you.
[Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te
fabula narratur.]
Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet and satirist [Quintus Horacius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 1, “Qui fit, Mæcenas,” l. 68ff (1.1.68-69) (35 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)]
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/horace/1963/
WIST Quotations · Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 1, "Qui fit, Mæcenas," l. 68ff (1.1.68-69) (35 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)] - Horace | WIST QuotationsWhy laugh? Change but the name, and the tale is told of you. [Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.] After the Miser scoffs at the story of Tantalus. Latin sometimes given as "... fabula de te narratur." (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: Takynge but his name, This tale…
A quotation from Fuller, Thomas (1654):
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Some by their continual grinning, and shewing their Teeth, make Men doubt whether they honor them, or laugh at them.
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https://wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/23584/
Ukraine Daily summary - Monday, November 25 2024
Russian troops kill 2 civilian women, injure man in Donetsk Oblast's Toretsk -- Key Developments Impacting Global Politics & Markets -- Ukraine developing guided aerial bombs domestically -- [Video blog] Russia’s ballistic missile test and Musk’s mockery of Zelensky -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Monday,%20November%2025%202024/
writeworks.ukUkraine Daily summary - Monday, November 25 2024Russian troops kill 2 civilian women, injure man in Donetsk Oblast's Toretsk -- Key Developments Impacting Global Politics & Markets -- Ukraine developing guided aerial bombs domestically -- [Video blog] Russia’s ballistic missile test and Musk’s mockery of Zelensky -- and more
Wolf guarding the henhouse: Trump picks Matt Gaetz as the next US Attorney General*.
And you thought Betsy Devos as Education Secretary (2016) was bad. 
*Seen on CNN. No link yet, but it's coming
#Chinese #Trans #Woman #Responds to #Man’s #Mockery at a #Hunan #Hotpot #Restaurant with #beating, Later Posts #antiViolence #Message to 40,000 #Followers.
A video circulating in #China shows an unidentified #man throwing objects before being pinned by Yan, a trans woman, who slaps him, pulls his hair, and strikes him with her shoe.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #China #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Transphobia
https://www.boredpanda.com/trans-woman-beats-up-man-mocking-her-then-posts-anti-violence-message/
Bored Panda · Trans Woman Responds To Man’s Mockery With Beating Before Posting Anti-Violence Message
A quotation from Rogers, Will:
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There’s no credit to being a comedian, when you have the whole Government working for you. All you have to do is report the facts. I don’t even have to exaggerate.
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https://wist.info/rogers-will/6841/
A quotation from Byron, George Gordon, Lord:
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But ne’ertheless I hope it is no crime
To laugh at all things — for I wish to know
What, after all, are all things — but a show?
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https://wist.info/byron/70835/
WIST · Don Juan, Canto 7, st. 2 (1823) - Byron, George Gordon, Lord | WIST QuotationsBut ne'ertheless I hope it is no crime To laugh at all things -- for I wish to know What, after all, are all things -- but a show?
A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.
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https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/65615/
WIST · The Neurotic's Notebook, ch. 10 (1963) - McLaughlin, Mignon | WIST QuotationsThe fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.
A quotation from Fry, Stephen:
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Cynical is the name we give those we fear may be laughing at us.
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https://wist.info/fry-stephen/65244/
WIST · The Hippopotamus, ch. 4, sec. 3 [Ted] (2014) - Fry, Stephen | WIST QuotationsCynical is the name we give those we fear may be laughing at us.
A quotation from Bierce, Ambrose:
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AMBITION, n. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/64306/
WIST · "Ambition," The Cynic's Word Book (1906) - Bierce, Ambrose | WIST QuotationsAMBITION, n. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. Included in The Devil's Dictionary (1911). Originally published in the "Devil's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco Wasp, where the entry read: An overmastering desire to be abused by the newspapers…