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WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-11-13

A quotation from Montaigne

Man is certainly mad. He cannot fashion a worm, and he fashions gods by dozens.
 
[L’homme est bien insensé: Il ne sçauroit forger un ciron, & forge des Dieux à douzaines.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 12 (2.12), “Apology for Raymond Sebond [Apologie de Raimond de Sebonde]” (1573) [tr. Zeitlin (1934)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-10-28

A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: Many are the forms of what is unknown.
   Much that the gods achieve is surprise.
   What we look for does not come to pass;
   God finds a way for what none foresaw.
   Such was the end of this story.
 
[ΧΟΡΟΣ: πολλαὶ μορφαὶ τῶν δαιμονίων,
   πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀέλπτως κραίνουσι θεοί:
   καὶ τὰ δοκηθέντ᾽ οὐκ ἐτελέσθη,
   τῶν δ᾽ ἀδοκήτων πόρον ηὗρε θεός.
   τοιόνδ᾽ ἀπέβη τόδε πρᾶγμα.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 1688ff, final lines (412 BC) [tr. Lattimore (1956)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/80032/

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-10-27

A quotation from Shakespeare

KING RICHARD: Not all the water in the rough rude sea
   Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.
   The breath of worldly men cannot depose
   The deputy elected by the Lord.
   For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed
   To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown,
   God for His Richard hath in heavenly pay
   A glorious angel. Then, if angels fight,
   Weak men must fall, for heaven still guards the right.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 55ff (3.2.55) (1595)

More info about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-09-23

A quotation from Homer

For who could see the passage of a goddess
Unless she wished his mortal eyes aware?
 
                    [τίς ἂν θεὸν οὐκ ἐθέλοντα
ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδοιτ᾽ ἢ ἔνθ᾽ ἢ ἔνθα κιόντα]

Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 10, l. 575ff (10.575-576) [Odysseus] (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fitzgerald (1961)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/79215/

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-08-19

A quotation from The Bible

   As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem. He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him. But the people there would not receive him, because it was clear that he was on his way to Jerusalem.
   When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?”
   Jesus turned and rebuked them. Then Jesus and his disciples went on to another village.
 
   [Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ἀναλήμψεως αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς τὸ πρόσωπον ἐστήρισεν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. καὶ πορευθέντες εἰσῆλθον εἰς κώμην Σαμαριτῶν ὡς ἑτοιμάσαι αὐτῷ· καὶ οὐκ ἐδέξαντο αὐτόν, ὅτι τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἦν πορευόμενον εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ.
   ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης εἶπαν, Κύριε, θέλεις εἴπωμεν πῦρ καταβῆναι ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀναλῶσαι αὐτούς;
   στραφεὶς δὲ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς ἑτέραν κώμην.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Luke 9: 51-56 [GNT (1992 ed.)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/bible-nt/5085/

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Alive in Christaliveinchristaz
2025-07-16

Witness the divine power of God in this powerful scene! Watch as our characters experience God's undeniable answer to Elijah's prayer. Observe the people's awe and acknowledgment of the true God. Prepare for a compelling transition to Chapter 19, where the story unfolds further.

Osas Osi Music AIosasosimusic
2025-06-03

When fear tried to hold me back, Sango’s lightning struck my soul awake.
The result was I Am Masterpiece—a track filled with the energy of divine force and fearless identity.
Let this sound strike the fear out of you.
⚡️ youtube.com/shorts/YXWr2MWeyyM

Poojn IndiaPoojnIndia
2025-01-24

🌟Today is Magha Krishna Dashami! A day to overcome obstacles and triumph. Light a diya, invoke the divine, and step into your power! 💪🏼🪔

Adontai Masonadontai
2024-09-23

Our ambitions shape our world.

The divine isn't just religious—it lets us create miracles and misfortunes, like the Force in Star Wars.

Use your power wisely!

'But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”' - Matthew 19:26

💖 Let these words ignite hope in your heart . ❤️

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