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> [Cricket - a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/cricket-a-game-which-the-english-not-being-a-spiritual-people-have/)

[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/)

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## More by Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft

> [Happy is the man with a wife to tell him what to do and a secretary to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/happy-is-the-man-with-a-wife-to-tell-him-what-to-do-and-a-secretary/)

[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/)

> [There are really only three things to learn in skiing: how to put on your skis, how to slide downhill, and how to walk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/there-are-really-only-three-things-to-learn-in-skiing-how-to-put-on/)

[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/)

> [Cricket - a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/cricket-a-game-which-the-english-not-being-a-spiritual-people-have/)

[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/)

> [All men are born equal, but quite a few eventually get over it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/all-men-are-born-equal-but-quite-a-few-eventually-get-over-it/)

[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/)

> [Men who get on well with women are usually those who know how to get on without them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/men-who-get-on-well-with-women-are-usually-those-who-know-how-to-get/)

[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-mancroft-3rd-baron-mancroft/)

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