WIST Quotations

Adams, Douglas -- Last Chance to See, ch. 2 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]

Dave — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 16:39:59 +0000

“So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly, then?” I asked.
He blinked at me as if I were stupid.
“Well what do you think you do?” he said. “You die of course. That’s what deadly means.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 2 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]

Talking to a herpetologist before traveling to Komodo, Indonesia.

The source BBC Radio documentary (1989-11-01) can no longer be played at the BBC site. Adams reading the 1992 audiobook can be heard here.

Publilius Syrus -- Sententiae [Moral Sayings]

Dave — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:14:17 +0000

Wine has drowned more than the sea.

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

Other translations: "Wine drowns more than the sea." See also Fuller (1723).

Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 5744 (1732)

Dave — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:36:18 +0000

Wine hath drowned more Men than the Sea.

Thomas Fuller (1654–1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 5744 (1732)

See Publilius Syrus.