WIST Quotations

~Proverbs and Sayings -- Japanese proverb

Dave — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:00:22 +0000

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

Proverbs, Sayings, and Adages
Japanese proverb

Fielding, Henry -- “A Fragment of a Comment on Lord Bolingbroke’s Essays” (1755)

Dave — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 00:22:14 +0000

We are as liable to be corrupted by our books as by our companions.

Henry Fielding (1707-1754) English novelist, dramatist, satirist
“A Fragment of a Comment on Lord Bolingbroke’s Essays” (1755)

Quarles, Francis -- Enchyridion, Book 2, ch. 24 (1641)

Dave — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:46:20 +0000

Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse. The best means to grow better is to be the worst there.

Francis Quarles (1592-1644) English poet
Enchyridion, Book 2, ch. 24 (1641)
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Milne, A. A. -- Now We Are Six, “Us Two,” st. 5 (1927)

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

So wherever I am, there’s always Pooh,
There’s always Pooh and Me.
“What would I do?” I said to Pooh,
“If it wasn’t for you,” and Pooh said: “True,
It isn’t much fun for One, but Two
Can stick together,” says Pooh, says he.
“That’s how it is,” says Pooh.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Now We Are Six, “Us Two,” st. 5 (1927)
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