WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:36:25 +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 derangement – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Howell, James -- Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659) [compiler] https://wist.info/howell-james/83260/ https://wist.info/howell-james/83260/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:54:16 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=83260 Too much money makes one madd.


James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659) [compiler]
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Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, essayist, wit
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