#hardwork

A quotation from Horace

If that’s his humour, trust me, I shall spare
No kind of pains to win admittance there:
I’ll bribe his porter; if denied to-day,
I’ll not desist, but try some other way:
I’ll watch occasions — linger in his suite,
Waylay, salute, huzzah him through the street.
Nothing of consequence beneath the sun
Without great labour ever yet was done.

[Haud mihi dero:
muneribus servos corrumpam; non, hodie si
exclusus fuero, desistam; tempora quaeram,
occurram in triviis, deducam. Nil sine magno
vita labore dedit mortalibus.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 9, “Ibam forte Via Sacra,” l. 56ff (1.9.56-60) (35 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/horace/11511/

WIST Quotations · Jul 15, 2010Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 9, "Ibam forte Via Sacra," l. 56ff (1.9.56-60) (35 BC) [tr. Howes (1845)] - Horace | WIST QuotationsIf that's his humour, trust me, I shall spare No kind of pains to win admittance there: I'll bribe his porter; if denied to-day, I'll not desist, but try some other way: I'll watch occasions -- linger in his suite, Waylay, salute, huzzah him through the street. Nothing of consequence…

**RAWCHILI** @rawchili@channels.im · Mar 20

**WIST Quotations** @wist@my-place.social · Mar 13

Mar 13

A quotation from Franklin

No gains without pains.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/75…

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**Tessa R Groenewoud** @tessargroenewoud@pixelfed.social · Mar 10

Mar 10

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**WIST Quotations** @wist@my-place.social · Mar 6

Mar 6

A quotation from Robert Herrick

If little labour, little are our gains;
Man’s fortunes are according to his pains.

Robert Herrick (1591-1674) English poet
Poem (1648), “No Pains, No Gains,” Hesperides, # 752

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/herrick-robert/75433…

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**Elizabeth Eiler** @ElizabethEiler@universeodon.com · Mar 5

Mar 5

Our Federal Civil Servants are hardworking Americans keeping bombs off airplanes, getting grandparents Social Security checks, directing air traffic, providing free tax help, and more. They deserve our respect and gratitude, not Elon Musk's chainsaw.

#federalworkers #doge #resist

**WIST Quotations** @wist@my-place.social · Mar 3

Mar 3

A quotation from Nassim Taleb

Mild success can be explainable by skills and labor. Wild success is attributable to variance.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist.
Fooled by Randomness, Part 1, ch. 1 (2001)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/taleb-nassim-nichola…

**Selly** @Tastemeart@pixelfed.social · Mar 3

Mar 3

Selly @Tastemeart@pixelfed.social

My bedroom is my happy place right now. It’s so COZY (also, I lied about stringing the violin…) I’m so proud of making this house my home!!! It took (is taking a lot of work) when I moved in it was disgusting. It was a hoarder situation that I had to clean out after a family member died. The place was filthy and falling apart with so much junk it was impossible to walk across the rooms. Definitely a HUGE fire hazard.

I’ve been working on this space for a year and a half and it’s finally somewhere I am not afraid to host at. Last night was my son’s birthday and we had 40ish people come and celebrate him.
#room #bedroom #cozy #style #purple #elderberrywine #lamp #roomdesign #interiordecor #interiordecoraring #inspo #wine #purple #saltlamp #crystal #crystallamp #bass #guitar #violin #keyboard #macmiller #thevelvetundeeground #sublime #bedroom #musician #artist #naptime #wip #hardwork

#hardwork

**Melissa** @AllonsyMelissa@mastodon.social · Mar 1 *

Mar 1 *

Chris Krycho @chriskrycho@mastodon.social

Day 6

55 minutes 4 seconds
12.71 miles
307.3 calories burned
1 mile every 4.1 minutes

I definitely over did it today, but I was determined to finish. I am drenched in sweat and my POTS is mad at me. I'm going to take a long soak in a bubble bath.

Image shows the display screen of my exercise bike. It shows a time of 55 minutes and 4 seconds.

Image shows the display screen of my exercise bike. It shows a distance of 12.71 miles.

Image shows the display screen of my exercise bike. It shows 307.3 calories burned.

#exercise #workout #bike

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**Chris Krycho** @chriskrycho@mastodon.social · Feb 28

Feb 28

If you like video better, here’s a video version of the essay part of this newsletter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1iI2vFoOYY

YouTubeNote to Self: Work HarderBy Chris Krycho

#music #composing #art

**Chris Krycho** @chriskrycho@mastodon.social · Feb 28

Feb 28

Chris Krycho @chriskrycho@mastodon.social

Newsletter time! This month, what I would tell myself in 2005–2009 if I had a time machine—work harder! Because it would have paid such great dividends if I had.

https://newsletter.music.chriskrycho.com/archive/february-2025-note-to-self-work-harder/

Music by Chris Krycho · Feb 28🎼 February 2025: Note to Self – Work HarderBy Music by Chris Krycho

#music #composing #art

**Melissa** @AllonsyMelissa@mastodon.social · Feb 27

Feb 27

No exercise bike today. I ran errands and I woke up 2 hours earlier than usual. I just don't have it in me today, and that's fine. I'm going to do my workout tomorrow because I'm going out to eat and I'd like to work some of it off. Also my goal was to exercise 4-5 times a week. When I exercise tomorrow that'll be the 4th day of the week meaning I will meet my goal! I'm proud of myself for being consistent.

#exercise #workout #bike

**Melissa** @AllonsyMelissa@mastodon.social · Feb 26

Feb 26

Day 5

50 minutes 49 seconds
12.1 miles
292.4 calories burned
1 mile every 4.1 minutes

I'm quite proud of myself. This was the hardest day so far and I was definitely overheating but I did it!

Image shows the display screen of my exercise bike. It shows a time of 50 minutes and 49 seconds.

Image shows the display screen of my exercise bike. It shows a distance of 12.1 miles.

Image shows the display screen of my exercise bike. It shows 292.4 calories burned.

#exercise #workout #bike

**Melissa** @AllonsyMelissa@mastodon.social · Feb 24 *

Feb 24 *