WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 08 May 2026 22:53:55 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg middle – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Franklin, Benjamin -- Poor Richard (1740 ed.) https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77749/ https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77749/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:26:24 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=77749 Those who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.


Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1740 ed.)
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Borrowed (without attribution) from John Gay (1727). ]]> https://wist.info/franklin-benjamin/77749/feed/ 0 77749 Gay, John -- Fables, “The Mastiffs,” pt. 1, ll. 1-2 (1727) https://wist.info/gay-john/1612/ https://wist.info/gay-john/1612/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1612 Those who in quarrels interpose
Must often wipe a bloody nose.


John Gay (1685-1732) English poet and playwright
Fables, “The Mastiffs,” pt. 1, ll. 1-2 (1727)
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Borrowed (without attribution) by Franklin (1740). ]]> https://wist.info/gay-john/1612/feed/ 0 1612