WIST Quotations

Adams, Sarah -- “He sendeth Sun, he sendeth Shower”

Dave — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:25:02 +0000

He sendeth sun, he sendeth shower,
Alike they’re needful to the flower;
And joys and tears alike are sent
To give the soul fit nourishment.
As comes to me or cloud or sun,
Father! thy will, not mine, be done.

Sarah Fuller Adams (1805-1848) English poet (nee Flower)
“He sendeth Sun, he sendeth Shower”

Jerome, Jerome K. -- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Being Hard Up” (1886)

Dave — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:59:27 +0000

There have been a good many funny things said and written about hardupishness, but the reality is not funny, for all that. It is not funny to have to haggle over pennies. It isn’t funny to be thought mean and stingy. It isn’t funny to be shabby and to be ashamed of your address. No, there is nothing at all funny in poverty — to the poor.

Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) English writer, humorist [Jerome Klapka Jerome]
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, “On Being Hard Up” (1886)
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- “Works and Days,” Society and Solitude, ch. 7 (1870)

Dave — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:29:39 +0000

Can anyone remember when times were not hard, and money was not scarce?

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
“Works and Days,” Society and Solitude, ch. 7 (1870)
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Churchill, Winston -- (Spurious)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

If you’re going through hell, keep going.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
(Spurious)

Also sometimes given as "If you're going through hell, don't stop." Not found in any of Churchill's written works or directly attributed to him in any reliable source. See here for more information.