Quotes William Ralph Inge

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't s...

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestr...

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in conn...

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which p...

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of it...

I have never understood why it should be considered derogato...

I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fa...

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only...

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be gove...

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of ...

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of...

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, th...

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half ...

Literature flourishes best when it is half trade and half an...

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Na...

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a syste...

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is ...

Originality is undetected plagiarism....

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gent...

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who ...

The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of va...

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they sho...

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular ...

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have t...

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences....