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Famous British Quotes
'He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.'.. Dylan Thomas
'No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.'.. Benjamin Disraeli
'He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.'.. David Lloyd George
'Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.'.. E M Forster
'To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me'.. Isaac Newton
'A dog is for life and not just for christmas so do be careful at the office party'.. Jimmy Carr
'The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.'.. Winston Churchill
'The worlds second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore'.. Cecil Beaton
'He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery'.. Harold Wilson
'Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die'.. Alfred Lord Tennyson
'The most precious things in speech are pauses.'.. Ralph Richardson
'A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of all the people who say he is very good'.. Robert Graves
'Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel'.. Horace Walpole
'Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.'.. Philip Larkin
'An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman.'.. Richard Burton
'Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.'.. Samuel Johnson
'The future is purchased by the present.'.. Samuel Johnson
'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.'.. Jonathan Ross
'I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children'.. Arthur Conan Doyle
'The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink'.. E M Forster
''Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone.'.. Thomas More
'We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.'.. Winston Churchill
'A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek'.. Samuel Johnson
'Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.'.. J B Priestley
'Some folk want their luck buttered'.. Thomas Hardy
'Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent'.. George Orwell
'Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking'.. Clement Attlee
'Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.'.. Thomas Gray
'Everything government touches turns to crap.'.. Ringo Starr
'If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.'.. Charles Dickens