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WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/78361/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Thoreau</a><blockquote>When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves.</blockquote>Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer Speech (1860-07-04), “The Last Days of John Brown,” North Elba, Massachusetts Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/78361/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=thoreau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thoreau</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=henrydavidthoreau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#henrydavidthoreau</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#action</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=appreciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#appreciation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=deed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deed</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=gooddeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gooddeed</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=heroism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heroism</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perspective</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=righteousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#righteousness</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/5265/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt</a><blockquote>The millions who are in want will not stand by silently forever while the things to satisfy their needs are within easy reach.</blockquote>Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945) Speech (1932-05-22), Commencement, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-delano/5265/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=fdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fdr</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=franklinroosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#franklinroosevelt</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=franklindroosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#franklindroosevelt</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=franklindelanoroosevelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#franklindelanoroosevelt</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=economicinjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#economicinjustice</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=impoverished" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#impoverished</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=needy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#needy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poor</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protest</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=redistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redistribution</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#revolution</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=socialunrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialunrest</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=taking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taking</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unrest</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=want" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#want</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/adams-douglas/1462/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Douglas Adams</a><blockquote>It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression “as pretty as an airport.”</blockquote>Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter Dirk Gently, No. 2, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, ch. 1 (1988) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/adams-douglas/1462/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/adams-douglas/1462/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=douglasadams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#douglasadams</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dirkgently" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dirkgently</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=longdarkteatimeofthesoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#longdarkteatimeofthesoul</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=aesthetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aesthetics</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=airport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airport</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=beauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beauty</a>

William Shakespeare QuotesKING RICHARD III: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. — Richard III, V, iv <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shakespeare</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

Quotes from Classic Doctor WhoWhat a sentimental old thing this TARDIS is! — The Doctor, in “The Enemy Within” <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoctorWho</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

Sherlock Holmes QuotationsAnd that was how a great scandal threatened to affect the kingdom of Bohemia, and how the best plans of Mr. Sherlock Holmes were beaten by a woman's wit. He used to make merry over the cleverness of women, but I have not heard him do it of late. And when he speaks of Irene Adler, or when he refers to her photograph, it is always under the honorable title of the woman. — From “A Scandal in Bohemia” <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SherlockHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SherlockHolmes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/arendt-hannah/45667/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Hannah Arendt</a><blockquote>Moreover, if we look at the techniques of totalitarian government, it is obvious that the argument of “the lesser evil” — far from being raised only from the outside by those who do not belong to the ruling elite — is one of the mechanisms built into the machinery of terror and criminality. Acceptance of lesser evils is consciously used in conditioning the government officials as well</blockquote>Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist Essay (1964-08), “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” The Listener Magazine Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/arendt-hannah/45667/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/arendt-hannah/45667/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hannaharendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hannaharendt</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=arendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arendt</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=suborning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suborning</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=acceptance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acceptance</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=compromise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compromise</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=conditioning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conditioning</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evil</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lesserevil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesserevil</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lesseroftwoevils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lesseroftwoevils</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#totalitarianism</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/milne-a-a/78333/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from A. A. Milne</a><blockquote>“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best –” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called.</blockquote>A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne] House at Pooh Corner, ch. 10 “An Enchanted Place” (1928) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/milne-a-a/78333/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/milne-a-a/78333/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pooh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pooh</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=poohbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poohbear</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=winniethepooh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#winniethepooh</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=aamilne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aamilne</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=anticipation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anticipation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=expectation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#expectation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=imagination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#imagination</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/postman-neil/70066/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Neil Postman</a><blockquote>Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.</blockquote>Neil Postman (1931-2003) American author, media theorist, cultural critic The Disappearance of Childhood, Introduction (1982) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/postman-neil/70066/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/postman-neil/70066/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#future</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legacy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=message" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#message</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=posterity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#posterity</a>

William Shakespeare QuotesTROILUS: Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion, I with great truth catch mere simplicity; Whilst some with cunning gild their copper crowns, With truth and plainness I do wear mine bare. — Troilus and Cressida, IV, iv <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shakespeare</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

Quotes from Classic Doctor Who“Tommy, you're normal! You're just like everybody else!” “I sincerely hope not.” — Sarah and Tommy, in “Planet of the Spiders” <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoctorWho</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

Sherlock Holmes Quotations“By Jove! my dear fellow, it is nearly nine, and the landlady babbled of green peas at seven-thirty.” — Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of the Three Students” <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SherlockHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SherlockHolmes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/adams-john/65786/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from John Adams</a><blockquote>Human nature with all its infirmities and depravation is still capable of great things. It is capable of attaining to degrees of wisdom and of goodness, which, we have reason to believe, appear respectable in the estimation of superior intelligences. Education makes a greater difference between man and man, than nature has made between man and brute. The virtues and powers to which men may be trained, by early education and constant discipline, are truly sublime and astonishing.</blockquote>John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801) Letter (1775-10-29) to Abigail Adams Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/adams-john/65786/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/adams-john/65786/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=johnadams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#johnadams</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=contemplation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contemplation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=discipline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discipline</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=excellence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#excellence</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humannature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humannature</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanity</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#study</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wisdom</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/montesquieu/78314/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Montesquieu</a><blockquote>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.]</blockquote>Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1632 / 1143 (1720-1755) [ed. Guterman (1963)] Sourcing, notes, other translations: <a href="https://wist.info/montesquieu/78314/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/montesquieu/78314/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=montesquieu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#montesquieu</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=boredom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boredom</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=delight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delight</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dreariness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dreariness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ennui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ennui</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#entertainment</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#joy</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pleasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pleasure</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a>

Marta KvandeFrom today’s reading: “Bagford was indiscriminate in his collecting, gathering anything that might illuminate the past, which is in truth everything…”Whitney Trettien, Cut / Copy / Paste <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://c18.masto.host/tags/collecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#collecting</a>

Quotes from Classic Doctor Who“You're working for a madman, Scorby; you know that?” “He pays well. And when it comes to money, Mr Chase and I are of the same religion.” “Franklin Adams, 1881-1960. American humorist.” “The quotes are over, Doctor!” — The Doctor and Scorby, in “The Seeds of Doom” <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoctorWho</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wendell/11049/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.</a><blockquote>When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the World, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.</blockquote>Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar Article (1860-01), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 2, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 27 Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wendell/11049/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bogeyman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bogeyman</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=boldness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boldness</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bravery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bravery</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bully</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=confidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#confidence</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=courage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#courage</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=facade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#facade</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pretense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pretense</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=reallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reallife</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#world</a>

William Shakespeare QuotesGLOUCESTER: And, if I fall not in my deep intent, Clarence hath not another day to live: Which done, God take King Edward to his mercy, And leave the world for me to bustle in! — Richard III, I, i <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shakespeare</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

Sherlock Holmes Quotations“We have him, Watson, we have him, and I dare swear that before tomorrow night he will be fluttering in our net as helpless as one of his own butterflies. A pin, a cork, and a card, and we add him to the Baker Street collection!” He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody. — From “The Hound of the Baskervilles” <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SherlockHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SherlockHolmes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

Quotes from Classic Doctor WhoDoctor, the more you try to convince me that you're a fool, the more I'm likely to think otherwise. — The Countess, in “City of Death” <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoctorWho</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotation</a>

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