WIST Quotations

Dunne, Finley Peter -- Observations by Mr. Dooley, “Enjoyment” (1902)

Dave — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:07:39 +0000

I don’t think we injye other people’s suffin’, Hinnissy. It isn’t acshally injyement. But we feel betther f’r it.

[I don’t think we enjoy other people’s suffering, Hennessy. It isn’t actually enjoyment. But we feel better for it.]

Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) American humorist and journalist
Observations by Mr. Dooley, “Enjoyment” (1902)
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Forster, E. M. -- “What I Believe,” The Nation (16 Jul 1938)

Dave — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:26:16 +0000

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man’s pleasure when they come a cropper.

E. M. Forster (1879-1970) English novelist, essayist, critic, librettist [Edward Morgan Forster]
“What I Believe,” The Nation (16 Jul 1938)
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Butler, Samuel -- Letter to Miss E. M. A. Savage (21 Nov 1884)

Dave — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:27:13 +0000

It was very good of God to let Carlyle and Mrs. Carlyle marry one another and to make only two people miserable instead of four, besides being very amusing.

Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English novelist, satirist, scholar
Letter to Miss E. M. A. Savage (21 Nov 1884)

Referring to Thomas Carlyle.

Publilius Syrus -- Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 467

Dave — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:24:13 +0000

Never find your delight in another’s misfortune.

Publilius Syrus (d. 42 BC) Assyrian slave, writer, philosopher [less correctly Publius Syrus]
Sententiae [Moral Sayings], # 467

Twain, Mark -- Following the Equator, ch. 39, epigraph (1897)

Dave — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:32:57 +0000

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Following the Equator, ch. 39, epigraph (1897)