“A wasp in a wig is altogether beyond the appliances of art.”
Refusing to illustrate a proposed chapter in Through the Looking-Glass, as quoted in The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (1898), p. 146
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British illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoo… 1820–1914Related quotes
“Living by your wits is always knowing where the wasps are.”
Source: The Shining (1977)
“Civilization without its appliances is weaker than barbarism.”
The Canoe and the Saddle: Adventures Among the Northwestern Rivers and Forests (1863), ch. ix: Via Mala.
“At what point is a wasp ever going to have a chat with a spider?”
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“To open the window and let a wasp out of the room. Ah, is this not happiness?”
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“Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.”
Source: The Doctrine of the Mean
“And books which told me everything about the wasp, except why.”
Source: A Child's Christmas in Wales
“Laws are like Cobwebs which may catch small Flies, but let Wasps and Hornets break through.”
A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind (1707)
Context: Laws are like Cobwebs which may catch small Flies, but let Wasps and Hornets break through. But in Oratory the greatest Art is to hide Art.
Quoted in The Amazing PlayStation 2, Newsweek (via PR Newswire), 2006-02-26, 2007-01-21 http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-27-2000/0001150833&EDATE,