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A quotation from Thomas Fuller

When thou art in the Company of Ladies behave civilly, and shew good Breeding. They will easily pardon a Man’s Want of Sense, but rarely his Want of Manners.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2214 (1727)

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Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2214 (1727) - Fuller, Thomas (1654) | WIST Quotations

When thou art in the Company of Ladies behave civilly, and shew good Breeding. They will easily pardon a Man's Want of Sense, but rarely his Want of Manners.

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Feb 6, 2025

A quotation from Goethe

Nothing is more frightful than imagination without taste.
 
[Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), #489]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/goethe-johann/4900/

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Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), #489] - Goethe, Johann von | WIST Quotations

Nothing is more frightful than imagination without taste. [Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.] From Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (1829). (Source (German)). Alternate translations: There is nothing so horrible as imagination devoid of taste. [tr. Rönnfeldt (1900)] There is nothing more awful than imagination devoid of taste. [tr.…

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