Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often consists in the mere statement and comparison of facts, as when Hume says that the ancient Muscovites wedded their wives with a whip instead of a ring.
Edwin Percy WhippleOf the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.
Edwin Percy WhippleThe purity of the critical ermine, like that of the judicial, is often soiled by contact with politics.
Edwin Percy Whipple