- A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. William Ralph Inge »
- Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. William Ralph Inge »
- It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion. William Ralph Inge »
- Many people believe they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. William Ralph Inge »
- The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values. William Ralph Inge »
- The happiest people seem to be Those who have no particular cause for being happy Except that they are so. William Ralph Inge »
- The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. William Ralph Inge »
- There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.' William Ralph Inge »
- What is originality Undetected plagiarism. William Ralph Inge »
- Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due. William Ralph Inge »
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