“Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals nay it is treachery to comrades.”
Men“Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.”
Education“Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals nay it is treachery to comrades.”
Men“Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.”
Education“Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.”
Respect“Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.”
Men“A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.”
War“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
Life“When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?”
God“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.”
Poetry“Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.”
Politics“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.”
Travel“Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.”
Men“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.”
Courage“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.”
Art“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”
Art“I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.”
Best“Half a truth is better than no politics.”
Politics“The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.”
Good“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.”
Travel“In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.”
Truth“Happiness is a mystery, like religion, and should never be rationalised.”
Happiness