WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 29 May 2026 19:21:10 +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 fitting – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 De Stael, Germaine -- Reflections on Suicide (1813) https://wist.info/de-stael-germaine/37786/ https://wist.info/de-stael-germaine/37786/#respond Tue, 22 Aug 2017 00:46:03 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=37786 I believe that happiness consists in having a destiny in keeping with our abilities. Our desires are things of the moment, often harmful even to ourselves; but our abilities are permanent, and their demands never cease.


Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) Swiss-French writer, woman of letters, critic, salonist [Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein, Madame de Staël, Madame Necker]
Reflections on Suicide (1813)
    (Source) ]]> https://wist.info/de-stael-germaine/37786/feed/ 0 37786 Adams, John -- Letter (1776-08-18) to Abigail Adams https://wist.info/adams-john/35854/ https://wist.info/adams-john/35854/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:47:08 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=35854 We cannot insure Success, but We can deserve it.

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John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1776-08-18) to Abigail Adams
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Perhaps after Addison (1713). ]]> https://wist.info/adams-john/35854/feed/ 0 35854 Corneille, Pierre -- Horace, Act 2, sc. 8 (1640) https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/29871/ https://wist.info/coreneille-pierre/29871/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2015 19:47:57 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=29871 Do your duty, and leave the outcome to the Gods.


Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) French tragedian
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