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Famous British Quotes
'Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.'.. Samuel Pepys
'Presteigne - Neither in England nor Wales, simply in Radnorshire'.. George Borrow
'Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law'.. Derek Jarman
'If I were compelled to choose between living in west bromwich or florence I would make straight for west bromwich'.. J B Priestley
'An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation'.. Malcolm Muggeridge
'Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.'.. Charles Dickens
'This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.'.. Richard Burton
'A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.'.. Ian Fleming
'No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.'.. Bertrand Russell
'Wives are like gilt-edged stocks. The more you have, the greater your dividends.'.. Rex Harrison
'A master of improvised speech and improvised policies.'.. A J P Taylor
'An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.'.. Aldous Huxley
'Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.'.. A J P Taylor
'Opportunity makes a thief.'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.'.. Evelyn Waugh
'Summer has set in with its usual severity'.. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
'Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.'.. Walter Scott
'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.'.. Winston Churchill
'There's nothing as ordinary as to try to be extraodinary'.. Noel Coward
'I can always tell when the mother in law's coming to stay; the mice throw themselves on the traps.'.. Les Dawson
'When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody.'.. W S Gilbert
'Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.'.. William Wordsworth
'I hate publicity, and I have contrived to survive to be an old woman without it, except in the homey atmosphere of Agricultural Shows'.. Beatrix Potter
'There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.'.. D H Lawrence
'Beware the fury of a patient man.'.. John Dryden
'Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.'.. Charles Dickens
'Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.'.. John Betjeman
'Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice'.. George Orwell
'One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.'.. Oscar Wilde