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William Ralph Inge

"A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it."

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"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

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"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

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"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

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"Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long."

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"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

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"The right man is the one who seizes the moment."

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"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition."

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"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls."

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"My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons."

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"If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms."

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"Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true."
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"Originality is undetected plagiarism."
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"To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy."
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"Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art."
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"Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself."
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"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."
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"Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater."
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"I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour."
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