An author should be delighted, not annoyed when he hears himself persistently misquoted. He could receive no higher compliment. It proves that… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a conscience. Without… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes of modern… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
An author should be delighted, not annoyed when he hears himself persistently misquoted. He could receive no higher compliment. It proves that the world… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters are idiots. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches. — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which had not been obvious… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of crushing blows… — Hesketh Pearson Copy Share Image
![“[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a conscience. Without a conscience a man may never be said to grow old. This is an age of very old young men.” quote by Hesketh Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/076/hesketh-pearson-35291_age_d-on-t-grow-old-with-age-comes-caution-w_14010.jpg)
