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Famous British Quotes
'Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand'.. Thomas Carlyle
'I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.'.. Henry Moore
'Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people'.. Oscar Wilde
'Those that vow the most are the least sincere.'.. Richard Sheridan
'To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only meaning of life.'.. Robert Louis Stevenson
'Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.'.. Charles Dickens
'The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does'.. William Blake
'Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.'.. William Pitt (The Younger)
'All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.'.. Hilaire Belloc
'Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.'.. William Pitt (The Younger)
'To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me'.. Isaac Newton
'Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.'.. John Ruskin
'Fashion is what you adopt when you dont know who you are'.. Quentin Crisp
'The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.'.. A N Wilson
'First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!'.. Denis Healey
'Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing'.. George Orwell
'Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that'.. J M Barrie
'I think if Keith Moon was here today and you asked him to recall most of his early life or most of his life, he wouldn't be able to recall it.'.. Roger Daltrey
'He who laughs most, learns best.'.. John Cleese
'Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.'.. Oscar Wilde
'All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.'.. T S Eliot
'Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.'.. John Locke
'Life is wasted on the living'.. Douglas Adams
'If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.'.. Sir Kingsley Amis
'The thing with Hi-Tech is that you always end up using scissors'.. David Hockney
'Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.'.. Cecil Rhodes
'The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it'.. Dudley Moore
'Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building.'.. John Osborne
'No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth'.. Robert Southey
'Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.'.. George Eliot