WIST Quotations

Burke, Edmund -- Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)

Dave — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:35:21 +0000

Those who quit their proper character to assume what does not belong to them are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave and of the character they assume.

Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Anglo-Irish statesman, orator, philosopher
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
(Source)

On preachers who mix politics into their sermons.

Brown, H. Jackson "Jack" -- P.S. I Love You (1990)

Dave — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 00:16:37 +0000

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

H. Jackson "Jack" Brown, Jr. (b. 1940) American writer
P.S. I Love You (1990)

Brown attributed this to a letter his mother wrote him.

Daniel, Samuel -- To Henry Wriothesley Earl of Southampton (1605)

Dave — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:56:11 +0000

We come to know best what men are, in their worse jeopardies.

Samuel Daniel (1562-1619) English poet, dramatist, historian
To Henry Wriothesley Earl of Southampton (1605)

Plato -- The Republic

Dave — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:19:11 +0000

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

Plato (c.428-347 BC) Greek philosopher
The Republic