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Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than Gallon of Vinegar.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1744 ed.)

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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1744 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Tart Words make no Friends: a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than Gallon of Vinegar. Not original with Franklin. See Giovanni Torriano, A Common Place of Italian Proverbs [Piazza universale di proverbi Italiani] (1666): Il mele catta più mosche, che non fà l'aceto. Honey gets more flyes…

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 14

A quotation from A. A. Milne

“Good morning, Eeyore,” said Pooh.
“Good morning, Pooh Bear,” said Eeyore gloomily. “If it is a good morning,” he said. “Which I doubt,” said he.

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 6 “Eeyore Has a Birthday” (1926)

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Feb 5, 2025

A quotation from Thomas Fuller

Speak fair; and think what thou wilt.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 26 (1725)

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Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 26 (1725) - Fuller, Thomas (1654) | WIST Quotations

Speak fair; and think what thou wilt.

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WIST Quotations moves again!Jan 31, 2023

A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:

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The very essence of politeness seems to be to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves.
[Il me semble que l’esprit de politesse est une certaine attention à faire que par nos paroles et par nos manières les autres soient contents de nous et d’eux-mêm…
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