Penge er ikke alt - men mange penge er da altid noget. |
Politikeren, der tidligere måtte lære, hvordan man smigrer konger, må nu lære, hvordan man fortryller, underholder, svindler med,forskrækker eller på anden måde forbløffer vælgernes fantasi |
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder. |
Rige mænd uden overbevisning er farligere i det moderne samfund end fattige kvinder uden kyskhed. |
Skønhed er storartet ved første øjekast, men hvem ser nogensinde efter den, når den har været tre dage i huset? |
Straffen for løgneren består mennesker er ufarlige. Farlige er kun løgnerne, som ofte siger sandheden. |
Så længe jeg har behov, har jeg en grund til at leve. Tilfredshed betyder døden. |
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. . . . It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth, without making some other Englishman despise him. |
The modern mankind has a double moral: One, that we preach, but don't use, and one that we use, but don't preach. |
The nation's morals are like its teeth: the more decayed they are the more it hurts to touch them. |
The ordinary Britisher imagines that God is an Englishman. |
The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post. |
The politician who once had to learn to flatter kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or otherwise strike the fancy of the electorate. |
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to get it. |
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it |