Dean W. R. Inge

Quotes by Dean W. R. Inge

• The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.

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• A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

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• A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

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• Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by nature, when they are only repelled by man.

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• What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

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• Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man.

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• Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due.

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