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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 Quotations

yesterday, 4:29 PM

WIST Quotations
yesterday, 4:29 PM

A quotation from Horace

Well begun is half done; dare to be wise; begin!

[Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude;
incipe!]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 “To Lollius,” l. 40ff (1.2.40-41) (20 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)]

Well begun is half done; dare to be wise; begin! - Horace

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/32340/

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Horace - Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 "To Lollius," l. 40ff (1.2.40-41) (20 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)] | WIST Quotations

Well begun is half done; dare to be wise; begin! [Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe!] See Aristotle. (Source (Latin)). Other translations: The facte begun, to one halfe is done, be wyse and take good harte: Begin. [tr.

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Horace - Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 2 "To Lollius," l. 40ff (1.2.40-41) (20 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)] | WIST Quotations

WIST Quotations
yesterday, 4:29 PM