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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
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Frequently attributed to Shakespeare in social media posts (of all political stripes), but not found in any of his written works. ]]> https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/83961/feed/ 0 83961 https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/84138/ https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/84138/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 17:57:28 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=84138 AUTOLYCUS: I see this is the time that the unjust man doth thrive.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Winter’s Tale, Act 4, sc. 4, l. 796ff (4.4.796-797) (1611)
    (Source) ]]> https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/84138/feed/ 0 84138 https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/75758/ https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/75758/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:22:27 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=75758 Whoso belongs only to his own age, and reverences only its gilt Popinjays or smoot-smeared Mumbojumbos, must needs die with it.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Essay (1832-05) “Boswell’s Life of Johnson,” Fraser’s Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 28
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Reviewing James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; including a Tour to the Hebrides (1831 ed.). Collected in Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827-1855) ]]> https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/75758/feed/ 0 75758