WIST Quotations

Beecher, Henry Ward -- Norwood; or, Village Life in New England, Vol. 1, ch. 6 (1867)

Dave — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 23:15:21 +0000

Well-married, a man is winged — ill-matched, he is shackled.

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American clergyman and orator
Norwood; or, Village Life in New England, Vol. 1, ch. 6 (1867)
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Later requoted in Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, ch. 17 "The Family" (1887).

Lovelace, Richard -- “To Althea, from Prison,” l. 25 (1649)

Dave — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:22:44 +0000

Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage.

Richard Lovelace (1617-1657) English poet
“To Althea, from Prison,” l. 25 (1649)
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Thoreau, Henry David -- Essay (1849-05), “Resistance to Civil Government [On the Duty of Civil Disobedience],” Æsthetic Papers, No. 1, Article 10

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

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Essay (1849-05), “Resistance to Civil Government [On the Duty of Civil Disobedience],” Æsthetic Papers, No. 1, Article 10
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Based on an 1848 lecture at the Concord Lyceum.