This site contains an eclectic collection of periodically pithy quotations, aphorisms, jokes, riddles and other assorted ephemera. The content is drawn from a variety of sources that may expand over time. This site - pith1.xyz - functions as an aggregator.
Site visitors can add their own quotes if so inclined. These will be automatically added to the commons collection and will be visible to all. If you'd like your own collection, contact the site administrator.
A deliberate decision has been made at this point to not moderate these submissions. As will be evident from the existing content, the philosophy of the site is one of broad tolerance. Content will only be removed if it is deemed to be patently inappropriate.
Enjoy!
Sources
This site is built using an open source software utility named
fortune.
The utility draws randomly from content stored in text files.
The text files used on this site, with source attribution where appropriate, are:
- commons (16 items)
- Reader-submitted quotes, added through the public "add" form.
- fortunes (433 items)
- Default file provided with Debian Linux
- fortunes-bclapper (2,900 items)
- Quotes collected by Brian Clapper. As of 2026-07-12, it is sourced by him on his GitHub site. . It is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The file was retrieved from GitHub on 2026-07-11. The file content has not been changed.
- fortunes-Ruanyf (5,437 items)
- This file is sourced as a file named fortunes on Ruan YiFeng's GitHub site. It was retrieved in July 2026 and had a last commit date of 2018. The file content has not been changed.
- Lit Splendor (48 items)
- A serendipitous collection of literary quotes.
- literature (262 items)
- Default file provided with Debian Linux
- New-Testament (1 items)
- Custom file
- quotes-pierrot56 (38 items)
- Custom file
- riddles (128 items)
- Default file provided with Debian Linux
- Songs (2 items)
- Custom file
- Zen Quotes (232 items)
- Retrieved from: https://github.com/bitmagier/fortune-mod-zen