Wis Quotes

For to be yong I wald not, for my wis Off all this warld to mak me lord et king: The more of age the nerar hevynnis blis. (Robert Henryson)
Ah thought that every cunt over twenty was a toss an no worth speakin tae, until ah hit twenty. The mair ah see, the mair ah think ah wis right. After that it's aw ugly compromise, aw timid surrender, progressively until death. View quote
Irvine Welsh
Ah cannae feel any remorse, only anger and contempt. Ah seethed when ah saw that fuckin Union Jack oan his coffin, and that smarmy, wimpy cunt ay an officer, obviously oot ay his fuckin depth here, tryin to talk tae my Ma. Worse still, these Glasgow cunts, the auld boy's side, are here through en masse. They're fill ay shite aboot how Billy died in service ay his country n all that servile Hun crap. Billy wis a daft cunt, pure and simple. No a hero, no a martyr, just a daft cunt. View quote
Irvine Welsh
Something you see in me I wis not: Another heart in you I guess: A stranger's lips - but thine I kiss not, Erring in all my tenderness. View quote
George William Russell
Its berries are red as a maiden's lip, Its leaves are of changeless green ; And any thing changeless now, I wis, Is somewhat rare to be seen. The holly, which fall and frost has borne, The holly's the wreath for a Christmas morn. View quote
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
And I no other fancy have but this, To 'scape from servitude and poverty; Naught else in all the world is bad, I wis. View quote
Marco Guazzo
For Alfred seide a wis word, euch mon hit schulde legge on hord: "3ef thu isihst er he beo icume, his strencþe is him wel neh binume." View quote
Alfred the Great