https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:41:43 +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 https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/stendhal/30142/ https://wist.info/stendhal/30142/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:16:18 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=30142 The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

Stendhal (1783-1842) French writer [pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle]
Letter (c. 1818)

Variants:

• "The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his are the same."
• "The shepherd ... can never convince his flock of sheep that his interests and theirs are identical."

]]> https://wist.info/stendhal/30142/feed/ 0 30142 https://wist.info/hubbard-kin/27647/ https://wist.info/hubbard-kin/27647/#respond Wed, 03 Dec 2014 15:53:39 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=27647 Beauty is only skin deep, but it is a valuable asset if you are poor or have not any sense.

Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard (1868-1930) American caricaturist and humorist
(Attributed)

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