Quotes about british-author
british-author disgrace general heart human interest particular subject totally trifle
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.
british-author england gentleman large lived name western whose
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
british-author luxuries poor
We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
british-author lest shame triumph
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
british-author foxes interest lives peace sincere
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. George Eliot
british-author consists denying
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
british-author great jokes strain taste
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
british-author known
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
british-author dog fine mine youth
Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.
british-author children remains
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor. Neil Gaiman
british-author submerged truth
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf
british-author poems signing wrote
Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
british-author enjoyed imagination mysteries relief
I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling. Antonia Fraser
british-author people truth
I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre. Jackie Collins
british-author difficult less life
What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other? T. S. Eliot
british-author foreign gifts humour perish
Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
british-author cautious century taught work
If the 20th century taught us anything, it is to be cautious about the work impossible.
british-author goes less older toward
As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom. Dorothy L. Sayers
british-author human mankind
A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
british-author
I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress.
british-author people
We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.
british-author farthest mary subject
After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.
british-author certainly city contrast local quite village
We were the local cockneys, well I wasn't quite a cockney, but I was certainly enchanted by the contrast between city and village life. Jilly Cooper
british-author failure fear man ought purpose sees
The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
british-author caught heart heat measure shall tangled violence
Who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?
british-author continuous form
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. A. C. Benson
british-author unless
My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?
british-author extent people remained wondered
I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the know child. Dick Francis
british-author forget known leave meeting officially six
I will never forget meeting Suu Kyi in Rangoon - now officially known as Yangon - some six years ago, when she was still able to leave her house. Timothy Garton Ash
british-author peace rattling wants
If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them. Howard E. Koch
british-author might
You might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
british-author craves uneasy
Uneasy lies the head that craves the crown.
british-author exceptions foreign matters others reading time waste
Why waste time instructing others when you could be reading the manuscripts yourself? The only exceptions are matters of foreign language.