31 quotes found
Writer · British
British writer
“Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.”
“The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.”
“Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.”
“Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?”
“To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him—two.”
“You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.”
“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.”
“Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.”
“I think modern education over-emphasizes the intellect. I suppose that comes from the scientific trend of the times. You cannot obtain a useful citizen if you only develop his intellect. We take ch...”
“The land is encrusted with ephemeral human conceits. That is not altogether good for a youngster; it disarranges his mind and puts him out of harmony with what is permanent. Just listen a moment. H...”
“A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.”
“You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.”
“The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.”
“Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.”
“A man can believe in a considerable deal of rubbish and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.”
“To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him ... two.”
“The business of life is to enjoy oneself everything else is a mockery.”
“It seldom pays to be rude. It never pays to be only half-rude.”
“Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest.”
“It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.”
