WIST Quotations

Pope, Alexander -- “Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot” (1734)

Dave — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:20:33 +0000

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.

Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English poet
“Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot” (1734)
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Camus, Albert -- Speech, Dominican Monastery of Latour-Maubourg (1948)

Dave — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:45:00 +0000

What the world expects of Christians is that Christians should speak out, loud and clear, and that they should voice their condemnation in such a way that never a doubt, never the slightest doubt, could rise in the heart of the simplest man. […] Perhaps we cannot prevent this world from being a world in which children are tortured. But we can reduce the number of tortured children. And if you don’t help us, who else in the world can help us do this?

Albert Camus (1913–1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
Speech, Dominican Monastery of Latour-Maubourg (1948)

Speaking on the Holocaust. In Camus, Resistance, Rebellion and Death [tr. O'Brien (1961)]

~Other -- Byron J. Langenfeld

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

Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales.

(Other Authors and Sources)
Byron J. Langenfeld

Carnegie, Dale -- How to Win Friends and Influence People, Part 1, ch. 1 (1936)

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

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain — and most fools do.

Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer, lecturer
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Part 1, ch. 1 (1936)
(Source)

Also attributed to Ben Franklin; this may be due to the preceding paragraph quoting Franklin.