WIST Quotations

~Proverbs and Sayings -- Danish Proverb

Dave — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:43:00 +0000

Better ask twice than lose your way once.

Proverbs, Sayings, and Adages
Danish Proverb

Eldridge, Paul -- Maxims for a Modern Man, #1195 (1965)

Dave — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:41:52 +0000

Like the greedy merchants of bazaars, if we get out of life what we ask for, we are unhappy for not having asked for more.

Paul Eldridge (1888-1982) American educator, novelist, poet
Maxims for a Modern Man, #1195 (1965)

Bronowski, Jacob -- The Ascent of Man ch. 4 (1973)

Dave — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:11:57 +0000

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.

Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) Polish-English humanist and mathematician
The Ascent of Man ch. 4 (1973)

Herbert, George -- Jacula Prudentum, or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. (compiler), # 968 (1640 ed.)

Dave — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:28:30 +0000

Manie things are lost for want of asking.

George Herbert (1593-1633) Welsh priest, orator, poet.
Jacula Prudentum, or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. (compiler), # 968 (1640 ed.)
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