A quotation from Russell, Bertrand

One of the symptoms of approaching nervous break-down is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 5 “Fatigue” (1930)

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A quotation from Chamfort

In great actions men show themselves as they ought to be, in small actions as they are.

[Dans les grandes choses, les hommes se montrent comme il leur convient de se montrer ; dans les petites, ils se montrent comme ils sont.]

Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch)
Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées],” ch. 1, ¶ 52 (1795) [tr. Hutchinson (1902), “The Cynic’s Breviary”]

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Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 "Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées]," ch. 1, ¶ 52 (1795) [tr. Hutchinson (1902), "The Cynic's Breviary"] - Chamfort, Nicolas | WIST Quotations

In great actions men show themselves as they ought to be, in small actions as they are. [Dans les grandes choses, les hommes se montrent comme il leur convient de se montrer; dans les petites, ils se montrent comme ils sont.] (Source (French))....

This holds significant importance, to be honest.

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A quotation from Lessing, Gotthold

For to a great man both things are needful; to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important matters.

[Denn zu einem großen Manne gehört beides: Kleinigkeiten als Kleinigkeiten, und wichtige Dinge als wichtige Dinge zu behandeln.]

Gotthold Lessing (1729-1781) German playwright, philosopher, dramaturg, writer
Hamburgische Dramaturgie [Hamburg Dramaturgy], Essay 34, 1767-08-25 (1767-1769) [tr. Zimmern (1890)]

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Hamburgische Dramaturgie [Hamburg Dramaturgy], Essay 34, 1767-08-25 (1767-1769) [tr. Zimmern (1890)] - Lessing, Gotthold | WIST Quotations

For to a great man both things are needful; to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important matters. [Denn zu einem großen Manne gehört beides: Kleinigkeiten als Kleinigkeiten, und wichtige Dinge als wichtige Dinge zu behandeln.]...

Interview with Plestia, the world’s eyes into Gaza | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

“Please do see us as humans.” Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad shares the importance of covering Israel’s war on Gaza, from the ground and from miles aw...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Gaza #Palestinian #Plestia #PlestiaAlaqad #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #covering #humanitarian #humans #importance #interview #journalist #latestnews #newsheadlines #situation #war
Interview with Plestia, the world’s eyes into Gaza | Al Jazeera Newsfeed

Faut-il tailler les #tomates : la #réponse de #PascalPoot - Les #graines de Pascal #Poot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn9EodQ8nZw

Dans cette #vidéo tournée début #Août, Pascal Poot aborde le #sujet de l' #importance de ne pas #tailler ni #tuteurer les tomates.
Il expérimente depuis plusieurs décennies une façon différente de #cultiver #naturellement les tomates et #divers #légumes dans son #potager.
Description de la tomate Noire de #Crimée au Potager de #Santé.
https://www.lepotagerdesante.com/

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#kindness

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Big Happening You Missed: India and China Agree to Pull Troops from Border

This week, we witnessed a moment of #monumental #historic #importance which is just being brushed over by the mainstream media.

RT:

#India and #China have agreed to #withdraw soldiers stationed along a #border friction point near the former’s #Ladakh region, #deescalating a #military standoff which has erupted into violent clashes on several occasions since May 2020.

The two sides issued similarly worded statements on Thursday announcing the decision, which will see Indian and Chinese forces...

heightened sense...

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The true importance of the Bucha false flag: a change of narrative

The #true #importance of the #Bucha #false #flag : a #change of #narrative #Ukraine #Russia #politics

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"*The false flag in Bucha is not only a declaration of total war on Russia, it is also a rallying call for those 10 million who run Zone A and a good part of Zone B. The fact that it was botched really makes no difference. If you have a brain, you know who did it and why, and if you don’t, you know it was Russia, on Putin’s personal order, no less.*"

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Free Julian Assange ... Drop the Charges .. for Truth-Telling

https://twitter.com/HorvatSrecko/status/1440744591536230406

#JulianAssange has now been #imprisoned on remand for 2 full years, as the #US continues to seek the
#wikileaks #founder's #extradition for #publishing #information of #vital #public #importance. It is long past time to #dropthecharges, end the extradition #attempt, and #FreeAssangeNOW. #sreckohorvat #weareallassange #noextradition #truthteller #freepress #freespeech #firstamendment

Jeremy Corbyn on Julian Assange, International Symposium of Parliamentarians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZqsyi7R7Do

#JeremyCorbyn #mp & #HeikeHaensel call for all #alternative #media channels to host a #global #conversation; a "24-hr #speak-out in #support of #JulianAssange from people all #around the #world". Says it should be #big, #open, #popular and the #importance of #Assange's #publications fully understood. #Corbyn has proposed the #international #parliamentarians take this matter to the #Inter-Parliamentary #Union, the Inter-Parliamentary #Commission, the #UN #HumanRights #Council and the #Parliamentary #Assembly of the Council of #Europe.
#symposium #wikileaks #case #media #injustice #journalist #journalism #campaign #truth #message #torture #waronterror #freepress #freespeech #weareallassange #freejulianassange