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What does shun mean across these quotes?
Each quote uses shun to describe deliberately avoiding something, whether pessimism, vice, or trivial matters.
Is optimism connected to shun in one of the quotes?
Yes, one line says Americans generally favor optimists and shun those who predict doom.
Does a quote mention card playing specifically?
Yes, one older-style line advises shunning all vice, singling out card playing as an example.
What is the warning about shunning trifles?
It cautions that someone who avoids even small, trivial matters risks ending up avoiding the world entirely.
Are these quotes modern or more old-fashioned in tone?
They span both, with at least one reading as older moral advice rather than contemporary commentary.
The last quote warns that avoiding small things carelessly can end with avoiding the world itself, a caution about where shunning too easily leads. See Beanie Sigel and Aversion quotes for more.
