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Famous British Quotes
'The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas'.. Malcolm McLaren
'Liberal: a power worshipper without power.'.. George Orwell
'He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.'.. Robert Louis Stevenson
'Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only.'.. Adam Smith
'A good gulp of hot whiskey at bedtime - it's not very scientific but it helps'.. Alexander Fleming
'A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner'.. Samuel Johnson
'There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them'.. George Orwell
'The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.'.. Florence Nightingale
'Desperate affairs require desperate measures.'.. Horatio Nelson
'Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.'.. A J P Taylor
'No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.'.. Bertrand Russell
'It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.'.. Peter Ustinov
'America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between'.. Oscar Wilde
'Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.'.. Charles Dickens
'To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.'.. Edmund Burke
'Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country'.. Bertrand Russell
'Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'By indignities men come to dignities.'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.'.. Charles Dickens
'It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.'.. William Blake
'Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.'.. Charlie Chaplin
'Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.'.. Winston Churchill
'The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it.'.. Dylan Thomas
'Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.'.. Arthur Conan Doyle
'To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!'.. Charlie Chaplin
'Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.'.. C S Lewis
'Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.'.. Evelyn Waugh
'To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour'.. William Blake
'I went out with this girl the other night, she wore this real slinky number...She looked great going down the stairs'.. Milton Jones