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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/

Additional intro material: friendica.world/display/84b6ef…

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today, 6:33 PM

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today, 6:33 PM

A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

Them that havenae dipped their hands in any little difficulty, should be very mindful of the case of them that have. And that is the good Christianity.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Novel (1886), Kidnapped, ch. 18 “I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore” (Alan)

More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

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Stevenson, Robert Louis - Novel (1886), Kidnapped, ch. 18 "I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore" [Alan] | WIST Quotations

Them that havenae dipped their hands in any little difficulty, should be very mindful of the case of them that have. And that is the good Christianity. This chapter was originally published in Young Folks Paper, Vol. 28, No. 812 (1886-06-19).

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Stevenson, Robert Louis - Novel (1886), Kidnapped, ch. 18 "I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore" [Alan] | WIST Quotations

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