WIST Quotations

Thoreau, Henry David -- A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, “Wednesday” (1849)

Dave — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:50:34 +0000

This world is but canvass to our imaginations.

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) American philosopher and writer
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, “Wednesday” (1849)

Kempton, Murray -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:34:37 +0000

No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.

Murray Kempton (1917–1997) American journalist.
(Attributed)

Mencken, H. L. -- “The Incomparable Buzz-Saw,” The Smart Set (May 1919)

Dave — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:45:39 +0000

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors: they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating.

H. L. Mencken (1880–1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
“The Incomparable Buzz-Saw,” The Smart Set (May 1919)

Keats, John -- “La Belle Dame sans Merci,” st. 10 (1819)

Dave — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:52:27 +0000

I saw pale kings and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried — “La Belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall!”

John Keats (1795–1821) English poet
“La Belle Dame sans Merci,” st. 10 (1819)