WIST Quotations

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WIST (“Wish I’d Said That!”) is my collection of quotations (wist.info) which I find meaningful, moving, amusing (intended or not), or well-phrased.

Despite the name, this is not just a collection of quotations whose sentiments I agree with (though that’s true for the majority of stuff I collect). In some cases there are ideas that I disagree with, firmly; in those cases, though, I’ve included the quote because I admire the way it’s phrased, or because it’s a classic statement of a particular sentiment, or else I thought it was so absurd that it made me smile just to read it. In short, "Quoting is not (necessarily) endorsing."

One thing I make an effort to do is research and properly cite each quotation I publish. Further sourcing information (and notes and translations) can be found on the WIST website.

This site will serve as a rich-text social media republishing of new and updated quotations from wist.info (since nobody actually goes to blogs any more). I welcome conversation about the quotes I post.

I was previously cross-posting at wist@my-space.social, WISTquote@zirk.us, and wist@diasp.org. More info on the background of my collection here: wist.info/about-wist/

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A quotation from Mme de Sévigné

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions.

[La fortune est toujours pour les gros bataillons]

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) French aristocrat, woman of letters [Madame de Sévigné, Mme de Sévigné]
Letter (1673-12-22) to Mme. de Grignan [ed. Hoyt and Ward (1896), No. 202]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/sevigne-mme/80969/

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Letter (1673-12-22) to Mme. de Grignan [ed. Hoyt and Ward (1896), No. 202] - Sevigne, Mme. | WIST Quotations

Fortune is always on the side of the largest battalions. [La fortune est toujours pour les gros bataillons] (Source (French), No. 118). Other translations: Fortune generally declares in favor of numerous battalions. [Source (1811), No.

^{Dave (WIST Quotations)}

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Letter (1673-12-22) to Mme. de Grignan [ed. Hoyt and Ward (1896), No. 202] - Sevigne, Mme. | WIST Quotations

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