William Inge Quotes

English - Clergyman | June 6, 1860 - February 26, 1954

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

William Inge

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In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

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To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

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To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

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The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

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Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

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The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

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Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

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The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

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We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

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It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself of anything.

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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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