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Oscar Wilde812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
“No. I’ve no time to waste. Winter’s coming.”
Andrzej Sapkowski book The Last Wish
Source: The Last Wish
“For a hummingbird, winter comes 365 times a year.”
David Attenborough (1926) British broadcaster and naturalist
"The Mastery of Flight"
The Life of Birds (1998)
“O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
Percy Bysshe Shelley book Ode to the West Wind
St. V
Source: Ode to the West Wind (1819)
Context: Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawakened earth
The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
“See, Winter comes to rule the varied year,
Sullen and sad.”
James Thomson (poet) The Seasons
Source: The Seasons (1726-1730), Winter (1726), l. 1.
“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
“With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers”
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
Widely misattributed and misquoted. Coolidge was quoting Tennyson in a June 3, 1925 speech to the US Naval Academy. Foundations of the Republic pp 237 : THE NAVY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE The poet reminds us that "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers." It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast ...
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