WIST Quotations

Rice, Anne -- The Witching Hour, Part 2 (1990)

Dave — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:45:22 +0000

Ah, Stefan, give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a dangerous enemy indeed.

Anne Rice (b. 1941) American author [b. Howard Allen Frances O'Brien]
The Witching Hour, Part 2 (1990)
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Herbert, George -- Jacula Prudentum, or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. (compiler), # 1146 (1651 ed.)

Dave — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:14:57 +0000

Wo be to him that reads but one book.

George Herbert (1593-1633) Welsh priest, orator, poet.
Jacula Prudentum, or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. (compiler), # 1146 (1651 ed.)
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See this Latin proverb.

Hazlitt, William -- Characteristics, #333 (1823)

Dave — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:36:56 +0000

The true barbarian is he who thinks every thing barbarous but his own tastes and prejudices.

William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English writer
Characteristics, #333 (1823)
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~Proverbs and Sayings -- Latin proverb

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

Cave ab homine unius libri.

[Beware of anyone who has just one book.]

Proverbs, Sayings, and Adages
Latin proverb

Sometimes attributed to Thomas Aquinas. See also George Herbert.

Twain, Mark -- The Innocents Abroad, “Conclusion” (1869)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:00:00 +0000

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
The Innocents Abroad, “Conclusion” (1869)
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