WIST Quotations

Marlowe, Christopher -- The Jew of Malta, Act 1, sc. 2, ll. 282-283 (c. 1590)

Dave — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:47:37 +0000

BARABAS:Religion
Hides many mischiefs from suspicion.

Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564-1593) English dramatist and poet
The Jew of Malta, Act 1, sc. 2, ll. 282-283 (c. 1590)
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Planning to send his daughter, Abigail, as a penitent to the nunnery that his confiscated house has been turned to, so that she can recover his treasure left hidden there.

Rogers, Will -- Column (1923-03-11), “Weekly Article: We Need More Fred Stones” [No. 13]

Dave — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 16:06:14 +0000

Hunt out and talk about the good that is in the other fellow’s church, not the bad, and you will do away with all this religious hatred you hear so much of nowadays.

Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Column (1923-03-11), “Weekly Article: We Need More Fred Stones” [No. 13]
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Collected in The Illiterate Digest, "What We Need Is More Fred Stones" (1924),

Shaw, George Bernard -- The Apple Cart, Preface (1928)

Dave — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:43:04 +0000

Like many men of genius, he could not understand why things obvious to him should not be so at once to other people, and found it easier to believe that they were corrupt than that they could be so stupid.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
The Apple Cart, Preface (1928)

Ingersoll, Robert Green -- “What Must We Do To Be Saved?” Sec. 11 (1880)

Dave — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:40:06 +0000

And I believe, too, in the gospel of Liberty, in giving to others what we claim for ourselves. I believe there is room everywhere for thought, and the more liberty you give away, the more you will have. In liberty extravagance is economy. Let us be just. Let us be generous to each other.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
“What Must We Do To Be Saved?” Sec. 11 (1880)
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Barrie, James -- Speech (1922-05-03), “Courage,” Rectoral Address, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

Dave — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:44:10 +0000

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
Speech (1922-05-03), “Courage,” Rectoral Address, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
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