WIST Quotations

Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 3, ch. 23 (3.23) / sec. 57 (45 BC) [tr. Yonge (1853)]

Dave — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:43:47 +0000

All things are tolerable which others have borne and are bearing.

[Sed significat tolerabilia esse, quae et tulerint et ferant ceteri.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 3, ch. 23 (3.23) / sec. 57 (45 BC) [tr. Yonge (1853)]
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(Source (Latin)). Alternate translations:

"Those things are in themselves tolerable, which others have born, and do bear." [tr. Wase (1643)]
"All things are tolerable which others have borne and can bear." [tr. Main (1824)]
"What others have endured and endure must be tolerable." [tr. Otis (1839)]
"Things are tolerable which others have borne and are bearing." [tr. Peabody (1886)]
"The circumstances at hand are indeed tolerable, since others have tolerated them and continue to do so." [tr. Graver (2002)]

Keynes, John Maynard -- The Economic Consequences of the Peace, ch. 1 (1919)

Dave — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 05:23:04 +0000

The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) English economist
The Economic Consequences of the Peace, ch. 1 (1919)
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~Other -- Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker, School Culture Rewired, ch. 3 (2015)

Dave — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 13:58:50 +0000

The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader is willing to tolerate.

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Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker, School Culture Rewired, ch. 3 (2015)
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Often misattributed as "Gruenter and Whitaker".

Shakespeare, William -- Henry VI, Part 3, Act 4, sc. 8, l. 7ff (4.8.7-8) (1590)

Dave — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:00:47 +0000

CLARENCE: A little fire is quickly trodden out,
Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Henry VI, Part 3, Act 4, sc. 8, l. 7ff (4.8.7-8) (1590)
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