Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 7 “Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest” (1926)

Dave — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:11:37 +0000

“It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.”

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 7 “Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest” (1926)
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Forster, E. M. -- “What I Believe,” The Nation (1938-07-16)

Dave — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:39:03 +0000

I believe in aristocracy, though — if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an aristocracy of power, based upon rank and influence, but an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate and the plucky. Its members are to be found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages, and there is a secret understanding between them when they meet. They represent the true human tradition, the one permanent victory of our queer race over cruelty and chaos. Thousands of them perish in obscurity, a few are great names. They are sensitive for others as well as for themselves, they are considerate without being fussy, their pluck is not swankiness but the power to endure, and they can take a joke.

E. M. Forster (1879-1970) English novelist, essayist, critic, librettist [Edward Morgan Forster]
“What I Believe,” The Nation (1938-07-16)
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Collected in Two Cheers for Democracy (1951).

WIST Quotations

Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 7 “Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest” (1926)

Forster, E. M. -- “What I Believe,” The Nation (1938-07-16)