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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

A quotation from Eric Hoffer > Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil. **Eric Hoffer** (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman _True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements_ […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: Mom’s not feeling well. So I’m making her a “Get Well” card. > HOBBES: That’s thoughtful of you. > CALVIN: See, on the front it says, “Get Well Soon.” And on the inside it says, “Because my bed isn’t made, my […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

A quotation from Emerson > The faith that stands on authority is not faith. The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul. **Ralph Waldo Emerson** (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet Essay (1841), “The […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

A quotation from Richard Steele > In a word, the married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life. **Richard Steele** (1672–1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

A quotation from Eisenhower > Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one _leader_ and 143,000,000 _followers_ , it will no longer be America. Truly American […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

A quotation from Doyle > “The law cannot, as you say, touch you,” said Holmes, unlocking and throwing open the door, “yet there never was a man who deserved punishment more. If the young lady has a brother or a friend, he ought to lay a whip across your […] [Original post on friendica.world]

Sidney Paget illustration: "He took two swift steps to the whip"

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Samuel Johnson > Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. He recounts the decency and regularity of former times, and celebrates the discipline and sobriety of […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A quotation from Hemingway > No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war. Before the war you always think that it’s not you that dies. But you will die, brother, if you go to it long enough. **Ernest Hemingway** (1899–1961) American writer Essay […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: Here’s the latest poll on your performance as Dad. Your approval rating is pretty low, I’m afraid. > CALVIN’S DAD: That’s because there’s not necessarily any connection between what’s good and what’s popular. I do […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

A quotation from Fran Lebowitz > The best fame is a writer’s fame. It’s enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough that you get interrupted when you eat. **Fran Lebowitz** (b. 1950) American journalist, essayist Panel Discussion (1993-05-24) […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

A quotation from Oscar Wilde > Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. **Oscar Wilde** (1854–1900) Irish poet […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

A quotation from Hoffer > The practice of terror serves the true believer not only to cow and crush his opponents but also to invigorate and intensify his own faith. **Eric Hoffer** (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman _True Believer […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: Your polls are slipping Dad. Better get with it. > CALVIN’S DAD: Calvin, being your dad is not an elected position. I don’t have to respond to polls. > CALVIN: Not elected? You mean you can govern with dictatorial […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

A quotation from **Martin Luther King** > Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?” **Martin Luther King, Jr.** (1929–1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher Sermon (1963 ed.), “The […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

A quotation from Samuel Johnson > When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency. **Samuel Johnson** (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic Essay (1750-09-25), _The Rambler_ , No. 50 * * […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

A quotation from Carlyle > Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music, and rings itself all the way through; and thou shalt make of it a dance, a dirge, or a grand life-march as thou wilt. **Thomas Carlyle** (1795–1881) Scottish […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

A quotation from Arthur Miller > An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted. **Arthur Miller** (1915–2005) American playwright and essayist Essay (1974-12), “The Year It Came Apart,” _New York Magazine_ , Vol. 8, No. 1 * * * More […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: Bad news, Dad. Your polls are way down. > CALVIN’S DAD: My polls? > CALVIN: You rate especially low among tigers and six-year-old white males. **Bill Watterson** (b. 1958) American cartoonist _Calvin and Hobbes_ […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

A quotation from William Pitt > It is true, the bill is said to be founded on necessity; but what is this? Is it not necessity, which has always been the plea of every illegal exertion of power, or exercise of oppression? Is not necessity the pretence of […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt > Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success. **Theodore Roosevelt** (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: I’m not going to do my math homework. Look at these unsolved problems. Here’s a number in mortal combat with another. One of them is going to get subtracted. But why? How? What will be left of him? If I answered […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

A quotation from Hugo Black > In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government’s power to […] [Original post on friendica.world]

The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. - Hugo Black

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

A quotation from Twain > That is the way we are made: we don’t reason, where we feel; we just feel. **Mark Twain** (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens] Novel (1889), _A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,_ Part 3 “The Tale of the […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

A quotation from Cicero > MARCUS: Nor am I asham’d, as some others are, to confess I do not know, what I do not. > > _[Nec me pudet ut istos fateri nescire quod nesciam.]_ **Marcus Tullius Cicero** (106–43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

A quotation from Voltaire > If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. > > _[Si Dieu n’existait pas, il faudrait l’inventer.]_ **Voltaire** (1694–1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet] Poem (1769-03-12), “Epistle to the […] [Original post on friendica.world]

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. - Voltaire

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: My powerful brain has come up with a topic for my paper. > HOBBES: Great. > CALVIN: I’ll write about the debate over tyrannosaurs. Were they fearsome predators or disgusting scavengers? > HOBBES: Which side will […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

A quotation from Victor Hugo > He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs. > > _[Il avait glissé, grimpé, roulé, cherché, marché, persévéré, voilà tout. Secret de tous les triomphes.]_ […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

A quotation from Horace > Well begun is half done; dare to be wise; begin! > > _[Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; > incipe!]_ **Horace** (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus] _Epistles [Epistularum […] [Original post on friendica.world]

Well begun is half done; dare to be wise; begin! - Horace

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: _(watching TV)_ Why isn’t my life like this situation comedy? Why don’t I have a bunch of friends with nothing to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why aren’t my conversations peppered with spontaneous […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

A quotation from Montesquieu > To delight in reading is to trade life’s dreary moments for moments of pure joy. > > _[Aimer à lire, c’est faire un échange des heures d’ennui que l’lon doit avoir en sa vie contre des heures délicieuses.]_ **Charles-Lewis de […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

A quotation from Shakespeare > MALVOLIO: In my > stars I am above thee, but be not afraid of greatness. > Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and > some have greatness thrust upon ’em. **William Shakespeare** (1564–1616) English dramatist and […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt > In addition to, not as a substitute for, individual responsibility, there is a collective responsibility. **Theodore Roosevelt** (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909) […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of Man? > HOBBES: I’m not sure Man needs the help. **Bill Watterson** (b. 1958) American […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

A quotation from Homer > And in return may the gods grant you your heart’s desire; may they give you a husband and a home, and the harmony that is so much to be desired, since there is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

A quotation from [bH. G. Wells[/b] > While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he was sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness is not justified, at any rate you will have been […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: (building a snowman) I should be doing my homework now. But the way _I_ look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life. > […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: I have a hammer! > CALVIN: I can put things together! I can knock things apart! I can alter my environment at will and make an incredible din all the while! > CALVIN: Ah, it’s great to be male! **Bill Watterson** (b […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

A quotation from Eisenhower > People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

A quotation from Franklin > In Christmas feasting pray take care; > Let not your table be a Snare; > But with the Poor God’s Bounty share. **Benjamin Franklin** (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist _Poor Richard Improved_ (1748 […] [Original post on friendica.world]

In Christmas feasting pray take care; / Let not your table be a Snare; / But with the Poor God’s Bounty share. - Franklin

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

A quotation from Gracian > Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. > > _[Nunca se le ha de abrir la puerta al menor mal, que siempre vendrán tras él otros muchos, y mayores, en celada.]_ **Baltasar […] [Original post on friendica.world]

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it. - Gracian

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson > Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes. **Robert Louis Stevenson** (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet Essay (1882-08), “Talk and Talkers (A Sequel),” _Cornhill Magazine_ , Vol. 46 * * * […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

A quotation from Cicero > MARCUS: But there are more disorders of the mind than of the body, and they are of a more dangerous nature. > > _[At et morbi perniciosiores pluresque sunt animi quam corporis; hi enim ipsi odiosi sunt.]_ **Marcus Tullius Cicero** […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

A quotation from Wilde > Ultimately, the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or friendship, is conversation. **Oscar Wilde** (1854-1900) Irish poet, wit, dramatist Letter (1897-03) to Alfred Douglas, _“Epistola: In Carcere et Vinculis”_ * * * […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

A quotation from Emerson > Insist on yourself; never imitate. **Ralph Waldo Emerson** (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” _Essays: First Series,_ No. 2 * * * More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/… […] [Original post on friendica.world]

Insist on yourself; never imitate. - Emerson

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

A quotation from Salman Rushdie > The creative act requires not only freedom but also this assumption of freedom. If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today. If he is afraid of the consequences of his […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt > Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

A quotation from Montesquieu > If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are. > > _[Si on ne vouloit qu’être heureux, cela seroit […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

A quotation from Bill Watterson > CALVIN: It offends the human ego that nature is indifferent to us. Nature doesn’t care if people live or die. It refuses to be tamed. It does whatever it wants and acts like people don’t matter. It won’t confirm our right to […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

A quotation from Euripides > MEDEA: I know indeed what evil I intend to do, > But stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, > Fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils. > > [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: Καὶ μανθάνω μὲν οἷα τολμήσω κακά, > θυμὸς δὲ κρείσσων τῶν […] [Original post on friendica.world]

A famous print by Alphonse Mucha of Medea standing over her dead sons.

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WIST Quotations @wistquotes.friendica.world.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

A quotation from Twain > Custom is custom; it is built of brass, boiler iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar. **Mark Twain** (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens] […] [Original post on friendica.world]

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