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'Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being'.. Thomas Carlyle
'It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions'.. Daniel Defoe
'Wonders will never cease.'.. David Garrick
'I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.'.. Charles Lamb
'People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it'.. George Bernard Shaw
'Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.'.. Charlotte Bronte
'For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.'.. Thomas Carlyle
'We pay when old for the excesses of youth.'.. J B Priestley
'The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.'.. Thomas Carlyle
'Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.'.. George Eliot
'The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully'.. Thomas Carlyle
'Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.'.. John Milton
'Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos'.. Mick Jagger
'The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.'.. Winston Churchill
'Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.'.. A E Housman
'Everytime a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.'.. J M Barrie
'People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf'.. George Orwell
'During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act'.. George Orwell
'The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.'.. Aldous Huxley
'You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.'.. Winston Churchill
'It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.'.. John Osborne
'Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.'.. John Locke
'It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.'.. Margaret Thatcher
'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
'In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.'.. Joseph Chamberlain
'Work is the curse of the drinking classes.'.. Oscar Wilde
'Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.'.. John Lennon
'I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target.'.. Kenneth Williams
'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.'.. Winston Churchill
'They say eyes clear with age.'.. Philip Larkin