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Famous British Quotes
'The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.'.. Izaak Walton
'Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.'.. George Bernard Shaw
'The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters'.. Robert Morley
'Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same'.. Oliver Goldsmith
'Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.'.. Emily Bronte
'In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.'.. George Bernard Shaw
'I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.'.. Charlie Chaplin
'Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.'.. Samuel Johnson
'Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.'.. George Eliot
'We know what we are, but know not what we may be.'.. William Shakespeare
'Wonders will never cease.'.. David Garrick
'The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.'.. John Locke
'Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself'.. George Bernard Shaw
'A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.'.. Thomas Carlyle
'I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.'.. A E Housman
'Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.'.. Rupert Brooke
'I dont hold with abroad and think foreigners speak English when our backs are turned'.. Quentin Crisp
'The trouble with political jokes is that they get elected'.. Tim Brooke-Taylor
'Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order.'.. Spike Milligan
'Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.'.. James G Ballard
'When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude'.. GK Chesterton
'Faith is a passionate intuition.'.. William Wordsworth
'What happens in the heart simply happens.'.. Ted Hughes
'The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.'.. Charles Dickens
'The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.'.. Samuel Johnson
'To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour'.. William Blake
'Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven'.. John Milton
'Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.'.. Lord Byron
'I always wanted to be an explorer, but - it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person.'.. Michael Palin
'Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired'.. David Lloyd George