WIST Quotations

Nash, Ogden -- In The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash (1945)

Dave — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 17:53:25 +0000

He without benefit of scruples
His fun and money soon quadruples.

Ogden Nash (1902–1971) American poet
In The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash (1945)

Hubbard, Elbert -- The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927) [ed. Elbert Hubbard II]

Dave — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:11:32 +0000

There is no such thing as success in a bad business.

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, businessman, philosopher
The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927) [ed. Elbert Hubbard II]

Burke, Edmund -- “Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents” (1770)

Dave — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 21:36:23 +0000

It is an advantage to all narrow wisdom and narrow morals that their maxims have a plausible air; and, on a cursory view, appear equal to first principles. They are light and portable. They are as current as copper coin; and about as valuable. They serve equally the first capacities and the lowest; and they are, at least, as useful to the worst men as to the best. Of this stamp is the cant of not man, but measures; a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honourable engagement.

Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman, orator, philosopher
“Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents” (1770)