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