WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 14 Nov 2026 20:44:00 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg hectoring – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- “Table Talk,” American Life, lecture, Boston (1864-12-18) https://wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/9258/ https://wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/9258/#respond Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:22:57 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=9258 I have seen a man of genius who made one think if other men were like him, cooperation were impossible. Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy?


Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
“Table Talk,” American Life, lecture, Boston (1864-12-18)

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