A quotation from Joseph Addison

Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world; but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-11-17), The Spectator, No. 225

More about this quote: wist.info/addison-joseph/81187…

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A quotation from Euripides

CREON: A woman of hot temper — and a man the same —
Is a less dangerous enemy than one quiet and clever.
 
[ΚΡΈΩΝ: Γυνὴ γὰρ ὀξύθυμος, ὡς δ᾽ αὔτως ἀνήρ,
ῥᾴων φυλάσσειν ἢ σιωπηλὸς σοφή.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 319ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/80979/

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Dog: oh no, I am not suggesting anything! I just happened to be sitting here... hmm dee hmmm.....

#DogsOfMastodon #subtlety

I think the greatest casualty of #socialmedia may be #subtlety.

An entire generation has arisen who believes we must #love or #hate everything, there is no abiguity. That every emotional colour of the rainbow can be reduced to a #binary #like or #dislike so it can be fed into the gaping maw of an #algorithm and thence #monetized.

“Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. Be not animal, refine thy rapture! If thou drink, drink by the eight and ninety rules of art; if thou love, exceed by delicacy; and if thou do aught joyous, let there be subtlety therein! But exceed! exceed!”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/07/11/wisdom-says-be-strong-then-canst-thou-bear-more-joy-be-not-animal-refine-thy-rapture-if-thou-drink-drink-by-the-eight-and-ninety-rules-of-art-if-thou-love-exceed-by-delicacy-and-if-thou-do/

A quotation from Joubert, Joseph:

«
Questions show the mind’s range, and answers, its subtlety.
 
[Les questions montrent l’étendue de l’esprit, et les réponses sa finesse.]
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/21139/

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On #authoritarian #vision, #Trump spent the weekend abandoning #subtlety.

#Voters now face a #foundational #question: Can #DonaldTrump win the #presidency while running on an overtly as a #Dictator with an #authoritarian #vision?

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/authoritarian-vision-trump-spent-weekend-abandoning-subtlety-rcna130213

Today's poem:

Athena
- by Amy Clampitt

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/734504003341320192/athena?source=share

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"Sometimes Subtlety Just Won't Do"

As I was working at a nursing home an old guy pissed in the ice machine. When asked why he just said he needed to go. And the ice machine was as good as anywhere else. A sign was placed on the machine door – "Do not use this ice!" But then we heard another employee doubt this had happened. Said it looked like tea to her. The sign was then changed to – "Ice contaminated with urine!" Sometimes subtlety just won't do. #writing #FlashMemoir #subtlety

@futurebird I was refreshed, recently, by the high quality #writing of my childhood favorites like War Games, Breakfast Club, Project X, Cloak and Dagger, Krull, ET, Blade Runner, Terminator.

It reminded me that humans can sometimes create great fiction.

It could be just nostalgia, but it feels different. There's something different about today's blockbusters -- #complexity, #subtlety and #authenticity perhaps.

@Lyndsay Sadly the current #style of #Corrie is a #mesh of Alan Bennett, Carry On films, Die Hard films and Benny Hill.

I wish there was much more #nuance, more #subtlety with the #stories.

But #CoronationStreet now-a-days is about #churn, churn, churn than #quality, quality, quality.

In the show there's #potential with some of the #actors but I don't #trust Iain MacLeod's #leadership nor the #judgement of The Powers That Be at #ITV.

I watch #Corrie because of #habit than a #genuine want to.