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> [Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/damn-it-all-it-s-the-first-duty-of-a-soldier-it-s-the-first-duty-of/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/ford-madox-ford-3409_able_damn-it-all-it-s-the-first-duty-of-a-sol_239863.png)

> [“Old Campion had once said he believed - he positively believed, with shudders - that Christopher desired to live in the spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/old-campion-had-once-said-he-believed-he-positively-believed-with/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

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> [“Christ was a sort of an Englishman, and Englishmen did not, as a rule, refuse to do their jobs .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/christ-was-a-sort-of-an-englishman-and-englishmen-did-not-as-a-rule/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

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## Other authors on Englishmen

## More by Ford Madox Ford

> [New York is large, glamorous, easy-going, kindly and incurious, but above all it is a crucible - because it is large enough to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/new-york-is-large-glamorous-easy-going-kindly-and-incurious-but-above/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“You can't kill a minuet de la coeur. You may shut up the music book... but surely the minuet-- the minuet itself is dancing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/you-can-t-kill-a-minuet-de-la-coeur-you-may-shut-up-the-music-book/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“You see in such a world as this, an idealist -or perhaps it's only a sentimentalist-must be stoned to death. He makes the others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/you-see-in-such-a-world-as-this-an-idealist-or-perhaps-it-s-only-a/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“A gentleman in those days consulted his heirs about tree planting. Should you plant a group of copper beeches against a group of white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/a-gentleman-in-those-days-consulted-his-heirs-about-tree-planting/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“How was it possible that the most honourable man she knew should be so overwhelmed by foul and baseless rumours? It made you suspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/how-was-it-possible-that-the-most-honourable-man-she-knew-should-be/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [It is not merely that people must die and people must suffer, if not here, then there. But what is dreadful is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/it-is-not-merely-that-people-must-die-and-people-must-suffer-if-not/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“But upon my word, I don't know how we put in our time. How does one put in one's time? How is it possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/but-upon-my-word-i-don-t-know-how-we-put-in-our-time-how-does-one-put/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands against reason, intellect corrects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/in-every-man-there-are-two-minds-that-work-side-by-side-the-one/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“No, by God, it is false! It wasn't a minuet that we stepped; it was a prison - a prison full of screaming hysterics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/no-by-god-it-is-false-it-wasn-t-a-minuet-that-we-stepped-it-was-a/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to be able to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/damn-it-all-it-s-the-first-duty-of-a-soldier-it-s-the-first-duty-of/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“Yes, society must go on; it must breed, like rabbits. That is what we are here for. But then, I don't like society—much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/yes-society-must-go-on-it-must-breed-like-rabbits-that-is-what-we-are/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“The signal for the train's departure was a very bright red; that is about as passionate a statement as I can get into that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/the-signal-for-the-train-s-departure-was-a-very-bright-red-that-is/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [The world is full of places to which I want to return](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/the-world-is-full-of-places-to-which-i-want-to-return/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [...she had always known under her mind and now she confessed it: her agony had been, half of it, because one day he would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/she-had-always-known-under-her-mind-and-now-she-confessed-it-her/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

> [“I like the slow, smooth roll of the great big trains—and they are the best trains in the world! I like being drawn through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ford-madox-ford/i-like-the-slow-smooth-roll-of-the-great-big-trains-and-they-are-the/)

[Ford Madox Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ford-madox-ford/)

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