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Famous British Quotes
'He that hath knowledge spareth his words.'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.'.. Agatha Christie
'We may be a small island, but we are not a small people.'.. Edward Heath
'All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.'.. Sir John Mortimer
'If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.'.. David Livingstone
'All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little'.. Oliver Goldsmith
'There are some things only intellectuals are crazy enough to believe'.. George Orwell
'WH Auden didnt love God, he just fancied him'.. Stephen Spender
'The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.'.. Rudyard Kipling
'Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness'.. Stephen Fry
'When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read'.. Hilaire Belloc
'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'.. George Orwell
'Kings govern by means of popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them'.. Charles James Fox
'God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.'.. Izaak Walton
'No man is good enough to be another's master.'.. William Morris
'The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.'.. Charles Dickens
'A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.'.. Samuel Johnson
'Nonsense and beauty have close connections.'.. E M Forster
'Gentleman do not throw wine at ladies. They pour it over them'.. Auberon Waugh
'Long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.'.. John Maynard Keynes
'The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years'.. Michael Caine
'If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it.'.. Stan Laurel
''Tis love that makes the world go round'.. Charles Dickens
'If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten'.. Rudyard Kipling
'Fear is the mother of foresight.'.. Thomas Hardy
'The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before'.. GK Chesterton
'Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.'.. A J P Taylor
'I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires'.. John Cleese
'Coincidences are spiritual puns.'.. GK Chesterton
'Music is the best means we have of digesting time.'.. W H Auden