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Famous British Quotes
'Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.'.. Charles Dickens
'The hard part is getting to the top of Page 1'.. Sir Tom Stoppard
'A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.'.. Oscar Wilde
'The worst of revolutions is a restoration'.. Charles James Fox
'I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.'.. Mick Jagger
'Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.'.. Alexander Graham Bell
'It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a manly woman, or a womanly man.'.. Virginia Woolf
'Never in the way, and never out of the way.'.. Charles II
'If I had not some strength of will I would make a first class drunkard.'.. Ernest Shackleton
'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.'.. Samuel Johnson
'my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers'.. Charles II
'The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.'.. Charles Darwin
'From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.'.. Arthur Conan Doyle
'Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.'.. Joseph Conrad
'I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.'.. George Best
'In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.'.. Robert Graves
'The length of a film should be directly determined by the endurance of the human bladder'.. Alfred Hitchcock
'If I were to choose where I was to die it would be in the herbaceous border'.. Miriam Stoppard
'I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.'.. Stanley Baldwin
'My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.'.. Noel Coward
'The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.'.. Richard Sheridan
'Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.'.. Winston Churchill
'Learn from your dreams what you lack.'.. W H Auden
'The only statistics you can trust are the ones who can falsify yourself'.. Winston Churchill
'Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.'.. Thomas Carlyle
'It takes courage to make a fool of yourself'.. Charlie Chaplin
'Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.'.. Charles Dickens
'Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.'.. J B Priestley
'I do not want a husband who honours me as a queen, if he does not love me as a woman.'.. Elizabeth I
'It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.'.. Judi Dench