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WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/addison-joseph/76964/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Joseph Addison</b></a></p><blockquote>The truth of it is, there is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.</blockquote><p><b>Joseph Addison</b> (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman<br>Essay (1711-05-24), <i>The Spectator</i>, No. 73</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/addison-joseph/76964/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/addison-joseph/76964…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=age" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>age</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=celebrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>celebrity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fame</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=idol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idol</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=idolization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idolization</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=vanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vanity</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>Getting people who wear red hats to see what a <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/BlackShirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackShirt</span></a> is by viewing this <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Documentary</span></a> by <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/OrdinaryThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OrdinaryThings</span></a> probably won't change their minds, but couldn't hurt.</p><p>In any case, <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> is the most performative and fake of <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/ideologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideologies</span></a> and is solely based on <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/idolization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idolization</span></a>, as well as prepackaged piss and vinegar.</p><p><a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/MUSSOLINI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MUSSOLINI</span></a>: How <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascists</span></a> Win &amp; Lose<br><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=7xhwx8z8mJc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7xhwx8z8mJ</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p><a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; Co proves one thing with finality: <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Idolization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Idolization</span></a> is bad for <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/psyche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psyche</span></a>.</p><p>Of course it rears its ugly head when times are tough and people need someone to look up to, someone to imprint on. </p><p>But as has been proven time and time again, idolizing the rich and powerful is a really bad idea.</p><p>Not that it's all bad. Friday was <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/DillaDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DillaDay</span></a> and if anyone deserved to be idolized it's someone like him. But of course, he was a genius composer and an artist and not an <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarch</span></a> or a <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a>.</p>
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