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> [Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/herbert-asquith-s-clarity-is-a-great-liability-because-he-has-nothing/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

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## More by Arthur Balfour

> [Our Scottish theory ... is that every country has need of Scotchmen, but that Scotland has no need of the citizens of any other country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/our-scottish-theory-is-that-every-country-has-need-of-scotchmen-but/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [ He \[A. J. Balfour\] was eminently one of the Cole Porter school of famous men, who only fell to rise again. Picking himself up… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/he-a-j-balfour-was-eminently-one-of-the-cole-porter-school-of-famous/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [In politics nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/in-politics-nothing-matters-very-much-and-few-things-matter-at-all/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/the-general-strike-has-taught-the-working-class-more-in-four-days/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/the-power-of-authority-is-never-more-subtle-and-effective-than-when/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/kant-as-we-all-know-compared-moral-law-to-the-starry-heavens-and/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [“We survey the past, and see that its history is of blood and tears, of helpless blundering, of wild revolt, of stupid acquiescence, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/we-survey-the-past-and-see-that-its-history-is-of-blood-and-tears-of/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [I never forgive, but I always forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/i-never-forgive-but-i-always-forget/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [“Nothing matters very much and most things don't matter at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/nothing-matters-very-much-and-most-things-don-t-matter-at-all/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [Biography should be written by an acute enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/biography-should-be-written-by-an-acute-enemy/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [I do not stare at a gentleman in distress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/i-do-not-stare-at-a-gentleman-in-distress/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/nothing-matters-very-much-and-few-things-matter-at-all/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/in-effort-happiness-idleness-life-pleasure-superstition-support/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [Science preceded the theory of science, and is independent of it. Science preceded naturalism, and will survive it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/science-preceded-the-theory-of-science-and-is-independent-of-it/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

> [Ask with urgency and passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-balfour/ask-with-urgency-and-passion/)

[Arthur Balfour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-balfour/)

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