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Famous British Quotes
'I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.'.. John Locke
'Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.'.. Graham Greene
'It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious'.. Oscar Wilde
'All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.'.. T S Eliot
'I dont believe in God but I am very interested in Her'.. Arthur C Clarke
'Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness'.. Nick Hornby
'A friend is a gift you give yourself.'.. Robert Louis Stevenson
'Every man dies. Not every man really lives.'.. William Wallace
'Proof that God has an odd sense of humour - after inventing Haute Cuisine he gave it to the French'.. A A Gill
'Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute.'.. Sir John Mortimer
'There is no sin but ignorance.'.. Christopher Marlowe
'A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become'.. W H Auden
'My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied'.. Horatio Nelson
'I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it'.. Charles II
'That great Cathedral space which was childhood.'.. Virginia Woolf
'I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying “I don’t want to bore you with the details”'.. Milton Jones
'The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.'.. Thomas Carlyle
'A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.'.. Charles Dickens
'Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.'.. George Bernard Shaw
'He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.'.. Thomas Carlyle
'The one great principle of English Law is to make business for itself'.. Charles Dickens
'Those who don't believe in magic will never find it'.. Roald Dahl
'Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.'.. Robert Louis Stevenson
'No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.'.. W E Gladstone
'England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.'.. E M Forster
'The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.'.. Robert Burns
'I`ve arrived, and to prove it, I`m here.'.. Max Bygraves
'Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.'.. Winston Churchill
'The average Englishman goes 6 months without crying depending on the Football results'.. Frank Skinner
'A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.'.. Sir Francis Bacon