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> [“The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads so that, while seated on the lavatory, waiting in doctor's surgeries, on stationary trains or watching interviews with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/the-main-aim-of-education-should-be-to-send-children-out-into-the/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

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## More by John Mortimer

> [“Take sex, for instance.' 'What do you want me to do with it?' 'Try to be serious for a moment. Take the sex life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/take-sex-for-instance-what-do-you-want-me-to-do-with-it-try-to-be/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [I knew nothing about farce until I read Puce a l'Oreille, and had no idea what a deadly serious business it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/i-knew-nothing-about-farce-until-i-read-puce-a-l-oreille-and-had-no/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [Do we want blanks, asterisks and exclamation marks which people can fill in with their own imaginations, or are we prepared and strong enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/do-we-want-blanks-asterisks-and-exclamation-marks-which-people-can/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [Voting Liberal is a non-thing. Historically, it might be a good idea to have a Conservative government, because change is a good thing. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/voting-liberal-is-a-non-thing-historically-it-might-be-a-good-idea-to/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [“I sent out words like soldiers to battle and they never returned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/i-sent-out-words-like-soldiers-to-battle-and-they-never-returned/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/dying-is-a-matter-of-slapstick-and-pratfalls-the-ageing-process-is/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [No brilliance is required in law, just common sense and relatively clean fingernails.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/no-brilliance-is-required-in-law-just-common-sense-and-relatively/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [The people look forbidding, solemn, marked by that impossible ideal, Communism, which, like Christianity, seemed to demand too much of humanity and, falling into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/the-people-look-forbidding-solemn-marked-by-that-impossible-ideal/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [There is always time for failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/there-is-always-time-for-failure/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [Irritable Judges suffer from a bad case of premature adjudication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/irritable-judges-suffer-from-a-bad-case-of-premature-adjudication/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [I try and treat my children from the age of ten months as if they were totally grown up, which I think is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/i-try-and-treat-my-children-from-the-age-of-ten-months-as-if-they/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [Check-ups are, in my experience, a grave mistake; all they do is allow the quack of your choice to tell you that you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/check-ups-are-in-my-experience-a-grave-mistake-all-they-do-is-allow/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [I don't believe in children's books. I think after you've read Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Huckleberry Finn, you're ready for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/i-don-t-believe-in-children-s-books-i-think-after-you-ve-read/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [“The main aim of education should be to send children out into the world with a reasonably sized anthology in their heads so that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/the-main-aim-of-education-should-be-to-send-children-out-into-the/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

> [On the three pigs he and his wife own: "We acquired the pigs last year. My wife was born on a pig farm and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/on-the-three-pigs-he-and-his-wife-own-we-acquired-the-pigs-last-year/)

[John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/)

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