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Famous British Quotes
'Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people'.. Oscar Wilde
'It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose'.. Tony Blair
'My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.'.. Eric Morecambe
'Life was planned by a committee while the clever ones had popped out to the lav'.. Victoria Wood
'Honest people don't hide their deeds.'.. Emily Bronte
'I have no intention of uttering my last words on stage. A couple of depraved young girls and room service will do me fine'.. Peter O’Toole
'Big Brother is watching you.'.. George Orwell
'However I dress it up, I was a spy and I am not proud of it'.. Christine Keeler
'The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt'.. Sir John Mortimer
'Books shouldn't be daunting,they should be funny,exciting & wonderful'.. Roald Dahl
'They can't censor the gleam in my eye.'.. Charles Laughton
'If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.'.. Sir Kingsley Amis
'One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.'.. Oscar Wilde
'Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline'.. George Eliot
'If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.'.. Thomas Gray
'When I make a joke I always laugh quickly so there is no doubt about it'.. Somerset Maugham
'Man is only great when he acts from passion.'.. Benjamin Disraeli
'The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection'.. George Orwell
'Presteigne - Neither in England nor Wales, simply in Radnorshire'.. George Borrow
'If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.'.. Joseph Conrad
'A yawn is a silent shout'.. GK Chesterton
'History is a race between education and catastrophe.'.. H G Wells
'Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.'.. Charles Dickens
'If you feel that life is one of Gods jokes there is still no reason not to make it a good oke'.. Kenneth Williams
'When people tell you how young you look, they are telling you how old you are.'.. Cary Grant
'I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination'.. Judi Dench
'Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls'.. Max Beerbohm
'The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.'.. Richard Sheridan
'Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.'.. Elizabeth I