WIST Quotations

Carlyle, Thomas -- Lecture (1840-05-08), “The Hero as Prophet,” Home House, Portman Square, London

Dave — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 23:48:04 +0000

Enjoying things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-08), “The Hero as Prophet,” Home House, Portman Square, London
(Source)

The lecture notes were collected by Carlyle into On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History, Lecture 2 (1841).

Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 6 “Eeyore Has a Birthday” (1926)

Dave — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:45:56 +0000

He hadn’t gone more than half-way when a sort of funny feeling began to creep all over him. It began at the tip of his nose and trickled all through him and out at the soles of his feet. It was just as if somebody inside him were saying, “Now then, Pooh, time for a little something.”

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 6 “Eeyore Has a Birthday” (1926)
(Source)

Millay, Edna St. Vincent -- Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3

Dave — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:16:41 +0000

And what are you that, missing you,
I should be kept awake
As many nights as there are days
With weeping for your sake?

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3
(Source)

First collected in A Few Figs from Thistles (1922).

Miller, Henry -- Insomnia, or The Devil at Large (1971)

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

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love.

Henry Miller (1891-1980) American novelist
Insomnia, or The Devil at Large (1971)