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Whately, Richard
1787–1863
1787–1863
1
It is not that pearls fetch a high price
because
men have dived for them; but on the contrary, men dive for them because they fetch a high price.
It is not that pearls fetch a high price
because
men have dived for them; but on the contrary, men dive for them because they fetch a high price.
Introductory Lectures on Political Economy
(1832) p. 253
Whewell, William
1794–1866
1794–1866
1
Hence no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into an horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.
often cited as an example of accidental metre and rhyme, and changed in later editions
Hence no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into an horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.
often cited as an example of accidental metre and rhyme, and changed in later editions
Elementary Treatise on Mechanics
(1819) ch. 4, problem 2
Whistler, James McNeill
1834–1903
1834–1903
1
I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
No, I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime.
in his case against Ruskin, replying to the question: "For two days' labour, you ask two hundred guineas?"
oscar wilde
: How I wish I had said that.
whistler
: You will, Oscar, you will.
I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.
Whistler v. Ruskin. Art and Art Critics
(1878)
No, I ask it for the knowledge of a lifetime.
in his case against Ruskin, replying to the question: "For two days' labour, you ask two hundred guineas?"
D. C. Seitz
Whistler Stories
(1913)
oscar wilde
: How I wish I had said that.
whistler
: You will, Oscar, you will.
R. Ellman
Oscar Wilde
(1987) pt. 2, ch. 5
White, E. B.
1899–1985
1899–1985
1
Commuter—one who spends his life
In riding to and from his wife;
A man who shaves and takes a train,
And then rides back to shave again.
mother
: It's broccoli, dear.
child
: I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it.
Commuter—one who spends his life
In riding to and from his wife;
A man who shaves and takes a train,
And then rides back to shave again.
"The Commuter" (1982)
mother
: It's broccoli, dear.
child
: I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it.
cartoon caption in
New Yorker
8 December 1928
White, H. Kirke
1785–1806
1785–1806
1
Oft in danger, oft in woe,
Onward, Christians, onward go.
Oft in danger, oft in woe,
Onward, Christians, onward go.
"Oft in danger, oft in woe" (1812 hymn)
White, Patrick
1912–90
1912–90
1
Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one.
So that, in the end, there was no end.
Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one.
The Tree of Man
(1955) ch. 22
So that, in the end, there was no end.
The Tree of Man
(1955); closing words
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