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If the hive be disturbed by rash and stupid hands, instead of honey, it will yield us bees.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Prudence,” Essays: First Series, No. 7

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo - Essay (1841), "Prudence," Essays: First Series, No. 7 | WIST Quotations

If the hive be disturbed by rash and stupid hands, instead of honey, it will yield us bees. Based on a lecture (winter 1837–1838), Boston, the seventh in his course on "Human Culture."

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jun 24, 2025

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

RASH, adj. Insensible to the value of our advice.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Rash,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jun 9, 2025

A quotation from Shakespeare

JULIET:          Although I joy in thee,
   I have no joy of this contract tonight.
   It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,
   Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
   Ere one can say “It lightens.”

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, sc. 2, l. 123ff (2.2.123-127) (1595)

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!May 9, 2025

A quotation from C. C. Colton

When young, we trust ourselves too much, and we trust others too little when old. Rashness is the error of youth, timid caution of age.

Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 363 (1820)

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Apr 30, 2025

A quotation from Thomas Fuller

Have a Care of Passion. Anger begins with Folly, and ends with Repentance.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 1856 (1727)

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Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 1856 (1727) - Fuller, Thomas (1654) | WIST Quotations

Have a Care of Passion. Anger begins with Folly, and ends with Repentance. The second half of this is often attributed to Pythagoras, starting in the late 19th Century quote collections (e.g., 1891), but not in a recognizable form earlier.

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A quotation from Colton, Charles Caleb:

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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
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Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 284 (1820) - Colton, Charles Caleb | WIST Quotations

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

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A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:

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Of course someone would be that stupid. Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying “End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH,” the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.
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