WIST Quotations

White, T. H. -- The Once and Future King, Part 2, ch. 3 [Merlyn] (1939)

Dave — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:05:04 +0000

I never could stomach those nationalists. The destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.

T. H. White (1906–1964) English writer [Terence Hanbury White]
The Once and Future King, Part 2, ch. 3 [Merlyn] (1939)

Van Creveld, Martin -- “Only a wall will keep them from each other’s throats,” The Telegraph (17 Mar 2002)

Dave — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:51:55 +0000

As Israel’s own history shows, fighting a stronger opponent will cause a society to unite, but combating a weaker one will cause it to split and disintegrate.

Martin van Creveld b. 1946) Israeli military historian and theorist
“Only a wall will keep them from each other’s throats,” The Telegraph (17 Mar 2002)

Stekel, Wilhelm -- Marriage at the Crossroads (1931)

Dave — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 21:36:08 +0000

Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate.

Wilhelm Stekel (1868–1940) Austrian physician, psychologist
Marriage at the Crossroads (1931)