WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:34:58 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg overbearing – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Rand, Ayn -- The Virtue of Selfishness (1964) https://wist.info/rand-ayn/26728/ https://wist.info/rand-ayn/26728/#respond Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:01:53 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=26728 The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.


Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American writer, philosopher
The Virtue of Selfishness (1964) ]]> https://wist.info/rand-ayn/26728/feed/ 0 26728 Goldsmith, Oliver -- Comment (26 Oct 1769) https://wist.info/goldsmith-oliver/25674/ https://wist.info/goldsmith-oliver/25674/#respond Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:42:48 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=25674 There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.


Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774) Irish poet, playwright, novelist
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