WIST Quotations

Warner, Charles Dudley -- Backlog Studies, Eleventh Study (1872)

Dave — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:59:45 +0000

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American essayist and novelist
Backlog Studies, Eleventh Study (1872)

Warner, Charles Dudley -- Backlog Studies, Fifth Study, sec. 3 (1872)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American essayist and novelist
Backlog Studies, Fifth Study, sec. 3 (1872)

Originally published in Scribner's Monthly (Apr 1872). Frequently misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Warner, Charles Dudley -- My Summer in a Garden, “Fifteenth Week” (1871)

Dave — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:02:04 +0000

Politics makes strange bed-fellows.

Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American essayist and novelist
My Summer in a Garden, “Fifteenth Week” (1871)

Warner, Charles Dudley -- My Summer in a Garden, “Ninth Week” (1871)

Dave — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:22:42 +0000

Lettuce is like conversation: it must be fresh and crisp, and so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American essayist and novelist
My Summer in a Garden, “Ninth Week” (1871)