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Famous British Quotes
'Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem'.. John Lennon
'The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.'.. Mary Quant
'Writing is the supreme solace.'.. Somerset Maugham
'In every parting there is an image of death.'.. George Eliot
'Looking back at all the people I have insulted, I am mildly surprised that I am still allowed to exist.'.. Auberon Waugh
'A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.'.. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
'Unless we remember we cannot understand.'.. E M Forster
'There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue'.. Stephen Fry
'The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.'.. Benjamin Disraeli
'People always make war when they say they love peace.'.. D H Lawrence
'When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.'.. Daphne du Maurier
'Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live'.. John Milton
'Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat'.. Horatio Nelson
'What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.'.. Thomas More
'He who laughs most, learns best.'.. John Cleese
'Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.'.. Winston Churchill
'You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.'.. C S Lewis
'Suspense is worse than disappointment.'.. Robert Burns
'Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.'.. Beatrix Potter
'There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men'.. John Locke
'My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.'.. W S Gilbert
'Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.'.. Robert Louis Stevenson
'Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.'.. John Donne
'But there, everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses'.. Jerome K Jerome
'Conceit is the finest armour a man can wear.'.. Jerome K Jerome
'Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven'.. John Milton
'Listen to many, speak to a few.'.. William Shakespeare
'To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.'.. Oscar Wilde
'What really matters is what you do with what you have.'.. H G Wells