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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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yesterday, 8:37 PM

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yesterday, 8:37 PM

A quotation from The Bible

What hope do wicked people have? Only the hope of straw blown about in the wind, the hope of ocean foam that disappears in the storm, the hope of smoke in the breeze. Their hope lasts no longer than our memory of a guest who stays one day and leaves the next.

[ὅτι ἐλπὶς ἀσεβοῦς ὡς φερόμενος χνοῦς ὑπὸ ἀνέμου
καὶ ὡς πάχνη ὑπὸ λαίλαπος διωχθεῖσα λεπτὴ
καὶ ὡς καπνὸς ὑπὸ ἀνέμου διε

Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament - Book 22a. Wisdom (Wisdom of Solomon) 5:14 (Wis 5:14) [tr. GNT (1992 ed.)] | WIST Quotations

What hope do wicked people have? Only the hope of straw blown about in the wind, the hope of ocean foam that disappears in the storm, the hope of smoke in the breeze. Their hope lasts no longer than our memory of a guest who stays one day and leaves…

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Bellarome

in reply to WIST Quotations yesterday, 10:42 PM

I would imagine bibles to be the most often retranslated book in the world.

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in reply to Bellarome yesterday, 10:53 PM

I would think so -- between translations into different languages, then multiple re-translations within each language over the course of at least the last 500-odd years ... that's a lot of translations. Especially for a book that some think was divinely dictated and is perfectly understandable (in their preferred translation or original tongue).

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Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament - Book 22a. Wisdom (Wisdom of Solomon) 5:14 (Wis 5:14) [tr. GNT (1992 ed.)] | WIST Quotations

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