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Famous British Quotes
'Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.'.. John Maynard Keynes
'Everyone seems to fear dying alone. I have never understood this - who wants to die and be polite at the same time'.. Quentin Crisp
'An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.'.. Robert Louis Stevenson
'Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.'.. Bertrand Russell
'If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.'.. Charles Darwin
'All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness'.. John Ruskin
'We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.'.. Stephen Hawking
'When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package'.. John Ruskin
'When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.'.. Oscar Wilde
'Talking is the disease of age.'.. Ben Jonson
'A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.'.. Thomas Hardy
'Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.'.. Alexander Graham Bell
'People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare'.. Jo Brand
'It takes courage to make a fool of yourself'.. Charlie Chaplin
'Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.'.. Charlie Chaplin
'They say an actor is only as good as his parts. Well my parts have done me pretty well'.. Barbara Windsor
'It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good lia'.. Jerome K Jerome
'Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.'.. Lord Byron
'In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.'.. Robert Graves
'Nobody ever died of laughter.'.. Max Beerbohm
'He who would search for pearls must dive below.'.. John Dryden
'I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees'.. GK Chesterton
'The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully'.. Thomas Carlyle
'I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.'.. Oscar Wilde
'He who laughs most, learns best.'.. John Cleese
'Always be a little kinder than necessary.'.. J M Barrie
'To wait idly is the worst of conditions.'.. Robert Falcon Scott
'I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top'.. John Keats
'To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches'.. Margaret Thatcher
'It was a very simple team talk. All I used to say was: 'Whenever possible, give the ball to George'.. Matt Busby