WIST Quotations

L'Engle, Madeleine -- Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Dave — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:36:44 +0000

We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had to feel the same way about everything, if we all had to like the same books, dislike the same books.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 5021 (1732)

Dave — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:50:28 +0000

Those see nothing but Faults that seek for nothing else.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 5021 (1732)
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Johnson, Samuel -- Comment (1783)

Dave — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:31:56 +0000

As I know more of mankind, I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I was formerly.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Comment (1783)

In James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)

Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 3027 (1732)

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

It is the Property of Fools, to be always judging.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 3027 (1732)
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