WIST Quotations

Antrim, Minna -- At the Sign of the Golden Calf (1905)

Dave — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:04:32 +0000

Three Failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice.

Minna Antrim (1861–1950) American epigrammatist, writer
At the Sign of the Golden Calf (1905)
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Burke, Edmund -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:08:03 +0000

If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it.

Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman, orator, philosopher
(Attributed)

Cited in J.F. Boyes, Lacon in Council (1865). Also attributed to Horace Mann.

Shakespeare, William -- Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, sc. 3, l. 153ff (3.3.153-158) (1602)

Dave — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:49:48 +0000

ULYSSES: Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devoured
As fast as they are made, forgot as soon
As done. Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honor bright. To have done is to hang
Quite out of fashion like a rusty mail
In monumental mock’ry.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, sc. 3, l. 153ff (3.3.153-158) (1602)
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Renard, Jules -- Journal

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

If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.

Jules Renard (1864–1910) French writer
Journal