"A busybody's work is never done." — A. N. Wilson

"A busybody's work is never done."

— A. N. Wilson

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66 Quotes by A. N. Wilson

A. N. Wilson has 66 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that…
It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving…
We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.
This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and…
I am shy to admit that I have followed the advice given all those years ago by a wise archbishop…
I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.
As Hitler himself later enunciated, it matters not how idiotic the creed, what matters is the firmness with which it…
Hitler suffered acutely from meteorism; perhaps he did not suffer so acutely as those around him, since meteorism is uncontrolled…
In general, Hitler embodied the view of any popular newspaper.
One symptom of his (Hitler) being strangely at variance with reality, or the nature of things,was his gift for wearing…
My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known -…
I was once naïve enough to ask the late Duke of Devonshire why he liked the town of Eastbourne. He…

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But when no risk is taken there is no freedom. It is thus that, in an industrial society, the plethora… — Alan Watts
"Family" this and "family" that. If I had a family I'd be furious that moral busybodies are taking the perfectly… — John Waters
It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. — C.S. Lewis
People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people… — Donald J. Boudreaux
Nest of Soviet fellow travelers clacking busybodies in a Soviet jellyfish front, sitting here in Leesburg oozing out their funny… — Lyndon LaRouche
I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career. — George Takei
The fatal attraction of government is that it allows busybodies to impose decisions on others without paying any price themselves.… — Thomas Sowell
We don't want a busybody government - a boss - that butts into our lives every chance it gets to… — Sonny Perdue
Busy people are never busybodies. — Ethel Mumford
Busy souls have no time to be busybodies. — Martin O'Malley
Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate; let not over-refinement deck out thy thought;… — Marcus Aurelius
Fairness' is one of the great mantras of the left. Since everyone has his own definition of fairness, that word… — Thomas Sowell

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