WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 20 May 2026 16:17:04 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg chiding – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Lec, Stanislaw -- Unkempt Thoughts [Myśli nieuczesane] (1957) [tr. Gałązka (1962)] https://wist.info/lec-stanislaw/51314/ https://wist.info/lec-stanislaw/51314/#respond Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:47:10 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=51314 I will only shake my finger at him, he said, and placed it on the trigger.

[Pogrożę mu tylko palcem – rzekł, kładąc go na cynglu.]


Stanislaw Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Unkempt Thoughts [Myśli nieuczesane] (1957) [tr. Gałązka (1962)]
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Alternate translation: "'I will just wag my finger at him,' he said, putting it on the trigger." ]]> https://wist.info/lec-stanislaw/51314/feed/ 0 51314 Franklin, Benjamin -- Poor Richard (1744 ed.) https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/35980/ https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/35980/#respond Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:13:39 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=35980 A soft Tongue may strike hard.


Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1744 ed.)
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See Howell (1659). ]]> https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/35980/feed/ 0 35980