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> [Tradition, if not constantly recreated, can be as much a millstone as a mill-wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/tradition-if-not-constantly-recreated-can-be-as-much-a-millstone-as-a/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

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## More by Colin MacInnes

> [England is, after all, the land where children were beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip and Miss Lash ply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/england-is-after-all-the-land-where-children-were-beaten-wives-and/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [“The word 'free-lance', I used to think, had a romantic ring; but sadly discovered, when I tried to be one, that its practice has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/the-word-free-lance-i-used-to-think-had-a-romantic-ring-but-sadly/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [England is, after all, the land where children are beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip and Miss Lash ply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/england-is-after-all-the-land-where-children-are-beaten-wives-and/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [Tradition, if not constantly recreated, can be as much a millstone as a mill-wheel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/tradition-if-not-constantly-recreated-can-be-as-much-a-millstone-as-a/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [It was with the advent of the Laudie London era that I realized the whole teenage epic was tottering to doom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/it-was-with-the-advent-of-the-laudie-london-era-that-i-realized-the/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

> [In England, pop art and fine art stand resolutely back to back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-macinnes/in-england-pop-art-and-fine-art-stand-resolutely-back-to-back/)

[Colin MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-macinnes/)

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