"Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the…" — Hesketh Pearson

"Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned."

— Hesketh Pearson

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12 Quotes by Hesketh Pearson

Hesketh Pearson has 12 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled…
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the…
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't…
Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a…
Do you believe in God? Perhaps you aren't old enough. The reason old people believe in God is because they've…
Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and…
The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.
When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.
A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which…
I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters…

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More Belief Quotes

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Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief… — Isaac Asimov
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as… — Margaret Atwood
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were… — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel… — Saint Augustine
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. — Saint Augustine
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. — Marcus Aurelius
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be,… — Jane Austen
Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what… — Richard Bach
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the… — Richard Bach

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