William Ralph Inge Quotes

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• A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. Blessing
• Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for… Any
• True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values. Absolute
• The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. Common
• The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important. Always Mistakes
• My dear, we live in an age of transition. Age
• If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we… Been
• Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than… Belongs
• Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist. Cruel
• The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse. Act
• They who will live for others shall have great troubles, but they shall seem to them small. Those who will live for themselves shall have… Great
• All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience. All
• Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. Barbarians
• Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness. Allowing
• The happy people are those who are producing something... Happy
• Take away fear, and the battle of Freedom is half won. Away Fear
• Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high. Experience
• Faith begins as an experiment, and ends as an experience. Begins
• Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not. Best
• This is old, therefore it is good”; the other says, “This is new, therefore it is better. Better

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