WIST Quotations

Christie, Agatha -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles, ch. 5 [Poirot] (1916, pub. 1920)

Dave — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:27:42 +0000

Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master.

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) English writer
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, ch. 5 [Poirot] (1916, pub. 1920)
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Poirot, chiding Hastings' unfounded speculations.

Chesterfield (Lord) -- Letter to his son, #154 (21 Jan 1748)

Dave — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:29:28 +0000

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773) English statesman, wit [Philip Dormer Stanhope]
Letter to his son, #154 (21 Jan 1748)
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Pope, Alexander -- Moral Essays 3.153 (1731-1735)

Dave — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:54:50 +0000

The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet
Moral Essays 3.153 (1731-1735)

Shakespeare, William -- Hamlet, Act 2, sc. 2, l. 223 (2.2.223) (c. 1600)

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

POLONIUS: Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Hamlet, Act 2, sc. 2, l. 223 (2.2.223) (c. 1600)
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