WIST Quotations

Forester, C S -- Hornblower and the Atropos, ch. 1 (1953)

Dave — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:35:22 +0000

Hornblower was by now a sufficiently experienced married man to realize the advantages of allowing his wife to say what she liked as long as he could continue to do as he liked.

C. S. Forester (1899-1966) English novelist [Cecil Scott Forester, pen name for Cecil Louis Troughton Smith]
Hornblower and the Atropos, ch. 1 (1953)
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Lavater, Johann Kaspar -- Aphorisms on Man, 2nd ed. (1789)

Dave — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:05:18 +0000

He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done, is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice, and never ceases nibbling.

Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) Swiss poet, theologian, physiognomist.
Aphorisms on Man, 2nd ed. (1789)

Chesterfield (Lord) -- Letter to his son, #238 (8 Jan 1751)

Dave — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:25:59 +0000

What with your exercises, some reading, and a great deal of company, your day is, I confess, extremely taken up; but the day, if well employed, is long enough for everything; and I am sure you will not slattern away one moment of it in inaction.

Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773) English statesman, wit [Philip Dormer Stanhope]
Letter to his son, #238 (8 Jan 1751)
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