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"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him."
—
Napoleon Bonaparte
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William R. Inge Quotes
Type:
Clergyman
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Date of Birth:
1860-06-06 |
Year of Death:
1954 |
Nationality:
A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.
William R. Inge
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
William R. Inge
Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.
William R. Inge
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
William R. Inge
Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.
William R. Inge
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.
William R. Inge
I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.
William R. Inge
In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.
William R. Inge
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
William R. Inge
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
William R. Inge
Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.
William R. Inge
Literature flourishes best when it is half trade and half an art.
William R. Inge
Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.
William R. Inge
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.
William R. Inge
Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.
William R. Inge
Originality is undetected plagiarism.
William R. Inge
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
William R. Inge
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.
William R. Inge
The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.
William R. Inge
The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.
William R. Inge
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
William R. Inge
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.
William R. Inge
There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.
William R. Inge
There are two kinds of fools: One says, "This is old therefore it is good." The other one says, "This is new therefore it is better."
William R. Inge
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.
William R. Inge
True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.
William R. Inge
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
William R. Inge
Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
William R. Inge
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
William R. Inge
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