WIST Quotations

Shakespeare, William -- Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 3, l. 101 (2.3.101) (c. 1594)

Dave — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:51:23 +0000

FRIAR LAWRENCE: Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 3, l. 101 (2.3.101) (c. 1594)
(Source)

See Howell (1659).

Publilius Syrus -- Sententiae [Moral Sayings]

Dave — Fri, 20 May 2016 15:22:48 +0000

He is free from danger who, even when safe, is on his guard.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher [less correctly Publius Syrus]
Sententiae [Moral Sayings]

Carroll, Lewis -- Through the Looking-Glass, ch. 1 (1872)

Dave — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:13:21 +0000

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) English writer and mathematician [pseud. of Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
Through the Looking-Glass, ch. 1 (1872)

Augustus -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:01:16 +0000

Make haste slowly.

Augustus (63 BC - AD 14) Roman Emperor, statesman [Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus; b. Gaius Octavius]
(Attributed)

In Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars (c. AD 121). Quoting a Greek proverb, according to Aulus Gellius.

Alt. trans.: "Hasten deliberately." See Howell (1659).

Updike, John -- Picked-Up Pieces, Foreward (1966)

Dave — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 15:02:28 +0000

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity; the ditchdigger, dentist, and artist go about their tasks in much the same way, and any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

John Updike (1932-2009) American writer
Picked-Up Pieces, Foreward (1966)
(Source)