WIST Quotations

Landers, Ann -- “Ask Ann Landers,” syndicated column (1991-06-19)

Dave — Thu, 02 May 2024 16:27:11 +0000

At every party there are two kinds of people — those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.

Ann Landers (1918-2002) American advice columnist [pseud. for Eppie Lederer]
“Ask Ann Landers,” syndicated column (1991-06-19)
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Where a source for this is cited, it is at the above date and in International Herald Tribune, presumably as part of her syndicated column. The quotation is included in a rotating sidebar element at Landers' website, but cannot be found in search on the site.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Journal (1838)

Dave — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 00:18:25 +0000

Solitude is naught and society is naught. Alternate them and the good of each is seen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Journal (1838)

Lowell, James Russell -- Among My Books, “Dryden” (1870)

Dave — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:02:29 +0000

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) American diplomat, essayist, poet
Among My Books, “Dryden” (1870)

Johnson, Samuel -- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, ch. 26 (1759)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000

I live in the crowd of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, ch. 26 (1759)
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