--- title: "13 E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Quotes" description: "Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, known as the 1st Baron Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the 3rd Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944,..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax-35808.jpg" --- ![Portrait of E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax-35808.jpg) # E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax **13** quotes in **78** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, known as the 1st Baron Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and the 3rd Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a British Conservative politician of the 1930s. ## Quotes by E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax > [The past is the best way to suppose what may come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/the-past-is-the-best-way-to-suppose-what-may-come/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Best way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-way/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_best-way_the-past-is-the-best-way-to-suppose-what_1983143.png) > [Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/gratitude-is-one-of-those-things-that-cannot-be-bought/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d1/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_bought_gratitude-is-one-of-those-things-that-ca_1176269.png) > [Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are seldom upon good Terms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/power-is-so-apt-to-be-insolent-and-liberty-to-be-saucy-that-they-are/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Freedom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/freedom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_freedom_power-is-so-apt-to-be-insolent-and-liber_789483.png) > [Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/friendship-cannot-live-with-ceremony-nor-without-civility/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Ceremony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ceremony/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_ceremony_friendship-cannot-live-with-ceremony-nor_167690.png) > [The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/the-several-sorts-of-religion-in-the-world-are-little-more-than-so/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_littles_the-several-sorts-of-religion-in-the-wor_2172651.png) > [There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill natured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/there-is-an-accumulative-cruelty-in-a-number-of-men-though-none-in/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Cruelty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cruelty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71e/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_cruelty_there-is-an-accumulative-cruelty-in-a-nu_986143.png) > [If none were to have Liberty but those who understand what it is, there would not be many freed Men in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/if-none-were-to-have-liberty-but-those-who-understand-what-it-is/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_freed_if-none-were-to-have-liberty-but-those-w_967492.png) > [A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/a-fool-hath-no-dialogue-within-himself-the-first-thought-carrieth-him/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_communication_a-fool-hath-no-dialogue-within-himself-t_1855200.png) > [I often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/i-often-think-how-much-easier-the-world-would-have-been-to-manage-if/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Colleges and universities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/colleges-and-universities/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce9/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_colleges-and-univers_i-often-think-how-much-easier-the-world_644034.png) > [A man that steps aside from the world and has leisure to observe it without interest and design, thinks all mankind as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/a-man-that-steps-aside-from-the-world-and-has-leisure-to-observe-it/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_art_a-man-that-steps-aside-from-the-world-an_2935398.png) > [Business is so much lower a thing than learning that a man used to the last cannot easily bring his stomach down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/business-is-so-much-lower-a-thing-than-learning-that-a-man-used-to/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/136/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_business_business-is-so-much-lower-a-thing-than-l_2456575.png) > [In our corrupted state, common weaknesses and defects contribute more towards the reconciling us to one another than all the precepts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/in-our-corrupted-state-common-weaknesses-and-defects-contribute-more/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_common_in-our-corrupted-state-common-weaknesses_1072361.png) > [The Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/the-triumph-of-wit-is-to-make-your-good-nature-subdue-your-censure-to/) [E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/) [Breaths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breaths/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax_breaths_the-triumph-of-wit-is-to-make-your-good_447725.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-f-l-wood-1st-earl-of-halifax/#itemlist", "name": "E. F. L. 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