WIST Quotations

Howell, James -- Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659) [compiler]

Dave — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:51:24 +0000

He who will thrive, must rise at five;
He who hath thriven, may sleep till seven;
Who will not thrive at all, may sleep till eleven.

James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian, writer, aphorist
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659) [compiler]
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Kerr, Jean -- Essay (1957), “Introduction,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

Dave — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:39:31 +0000

Dearer to me than the evening star
A Packard car
A Hershey bar
Or a bride in her rich adorning
Dearer than any of these by far
Is to lie in bed in the morning.

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “Introduction,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
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Doyle, Arthur Conan -- Journal of Arctic voyage (11 Jul 1880)

Dave — Wed, 26 May 2021 21:06:40 +0000

Got up late and would have liked to have got up later, which is a sad moral state to be in.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) British writer and physician
Journal of Arctic voyage (11 Jul 1880)
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Johnson, Samuel -- Comment (14 Sep 1773), in James Boswell, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

Dave — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:41:23 +0000

No man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Comment (14 Sep 1773), in James Boswell, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)
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