Dean William R. Inge

Quotes

• “The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions and would soon b...”
• “Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is ...”
• “Public opinion a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not con...”
• “The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states - Israel Athens Florence E...”
• “There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it ...”
• “Man as we know him is a poor creature but he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right di...”
• “It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion...”
• “It is said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things and himself of anything.”
• “Many people believe they are attracted by God or by Nature when they are only repelled by Man.”
• “A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.”
• “Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.”
• “The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.”
• “The whole of nature is a conjugation of the verb to eat in the active and passive.”
• “The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.”
• “Anxiety is the interest paid on trouble before it is due.”
• “Religion is a way of walking not a way of talking.”
• “What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.”