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WIST (“Wish I’d Said That!”) is my collection of quotations (wist.info) which I find meaningful, moving, amusing (intended or not), or well-phrased.

Despite the name, this is not just a collection of quotations whose sentiments I agree with (though that’s true for the majority of stuff I collect). In some cases there are ideas that I disagree with, firmly; in those cases, though, I’ve included the quote because I admire the way it’s phrased, or because it’s a classic statement of a particular sentiment, or else I thought it was so absurd that it made me smile just to read it. In short, "Quoting is not (necessarily) endorsing."

One thing I make an effort to do is research and properly cite each quotation I publish. Further sourcing information (and notes and translations) can be found on the WIST website.

This site will serve as a rich-text social media republishing of new and updated quotations from wist.info (since nobody actually goes to blogs any more). I welcome conversation about the quotes I post.

I was previously cross-posting at wist@my-space.social, WISTquote@zirk.us, and wist@diasp.org. More info on the background of my collection here: wist.info/about-wist/

Additional intro material: friendica.world/display/84b6ef…

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WIST (“Wish I’d Said That!”) is my collection of quotations (wist.info) which I find meaningful, moving, amusing (intended or not), or well-phrased.

Despite the name, this is not just a collection of quotations whose sentiments I agree with (though that’s true for the majority of stuff I collect). In some cases there are ideas that I disagree with, firmly; in those cases, though, I’ve included the quote because I admire the way it’s phrased, or because it’s a classic statement of a particular sentiment, or else I thought it was so absurd that it made me smile just to read it. In short, "Quoting is not (necessarily) endorsing."

One thing I make an effort to do is research and properly cite each quotation I publish. Further sourcing information (and notes and translations) can be found on the WIST website.

This site will serve as a rich-text social media republishing of new and updated quotations from wist.info (since nobody actually goes to blogs any more). I welcome conversation about the quotes I post.

I was previously cross-posting at wist@my-space.social, WISTquote@zirk.us, and wist@diasp.org. More info on the background of my collection here: wist.info/about-wist/

Additional intro material: friendica.world/display/84b6ef…

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A quotation from Shakespeare

HAMLET:                               O, I die, Horatio!
   The potent poison quite o’ercrows my spirit.
   I cannot live to hear the news from England.
   But I do prophesy th’ election lights
   On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice.
   So tell him, with th’ occurrents, more and less,
   Which have solicited — the rest is silence.
                              [Dies.]

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Hamlet, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 389ff (5.2.389-

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A quotation from Shakespeare

HAMLET:                               O, I die, Horatio!
   The potent poison quite o’ercrows my spirit.
   I cannot live to hear the news from England.
   But I do prophesy th’ election lights
   On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice.
   So tell him, with th’ occurrents, more and less,
   Which have solicited — the rest is silence.
                              [Dies.]

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Hamlet, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 389ff (5.2.389-395) (c. 1600)


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Shakespeare, William - Hamlet, Act 5, sc. 2, l. 389ff (5.2.389-395) (c. 1600) | WIST Quotations

HAMLET: O, I die, Horatio! The potent poison quite o’ercrows my spirit. I cannot live to hear the news from England. But I do prophesy th’ election lights On Fortinbras; he has my dying voice.
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#quote #silence #quotes #qotd #quotation #Shakespeare #hamlet #williamShakespeare #Conclusion #dying #Tale #billshakespeare
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