WIST Quotations

Billings, Josh -- Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 148 “Affurisms: Ink Brats” (1874)

Dave — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:19:45 +0000

Fear makes evry thing and evry body masters over us; it iz the wust slavery thare iz.

[Fear makes everything and everybody masters over us; it is the worst slavery there is.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 148 “Affurisms: Ink Brats” (1874)
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Friedan, Betty -- The Feminine Mystique, ch. 14 (1963)

Dave — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:05:31 +0000

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

Betty Friedan (1921-2006) American writer, feminist, activist
The Feminine Mystique, ch. 14 (1963)
(Source)

~Other -- Sauget’s Law of Education

Dave — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:40:37 +0000

Sit at the feet of the masters long enough, and they’ll start to smell.

(Other Authors and Sources)
Sauget’s Law of Education
(Source)

Attributed to John Sauget of Urbana, Ill., in Paul Dickson, The Official Rules, "Revised Proverbs" (1978).

Dickens, Charles -- The Chimes, “The Second Quarter” (1844)

Dave — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:59:51 +0000

O let us love our occupations,
Bless the squire and his relations,
Live upon our daily rations,
And always know our proper stations.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) English writer and social critic
The Chimes, “The Second Quarter” (1844)