WIST Quotations

Addison, Joseph -- Essay (1712-05-24), The Spectator, No. 387

Dave — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:34:27 +0000

Cheerfulness is, in the first place, the best promoter of health. Repinings, and secret murmurs of heart, give imperceptible strokes to those delicate fibres of which the vital parts are composed, and wear out the machine insensibly; not to mention those violent ferments which they stir up in the blood, and those irregular disturbed motions which they raise in the animal spirits.

Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1712-05-24), The Spectator, No. 387
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Asimov, Isaac -- (Attributed)

Dave — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:11:09 +0000

There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) Russian-American author, polymath, biochemist
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Franklin, Benjamin -- “Busy-Body Papers,” American Weekly Mercury (18 Feb 1729)

Dave — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:17:06 +0000

I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
“Busy-Body Papers,” American Weekly Mercury (18 Feb 1729)