The Archive · 1923

Sayings of the Day

Deep down in British hearts, irrespective of party, lies-a profound sense of what they believe to be right.—Mr, Baldwin.

The last Parliament was the worst since the days of Lord North.—Mr. Asquith.

Truly well educated people are never bored.—Dean Inge.

If you tackle a job and approach it without feeling at all nervous you are sure to' do it badly.—Sir Ernest Wild.

I am very sorry that anyone ever invented motor-omnibuses.—Sir F. Banbury.

Should a time ever come when the total fact of the universe stands solidly before us, completely discovered, it will instantly explain itself, and so relieve us at a stroke of all our philosophical botheration.—Dr,, L. P. Jacks. ae I never feel that a foreign country is inhabited by human Ucings, but by creatures far more pleasant and far more amusing.—Mr. Robert Lynd.

I do not believe there is a single person who would not love mathematics if it were taught properly.—Dr. T. Perey Nunn.

The best Temple of Peace for an Englishman is another superdreadnought floating on the blue waters.—Professor John Satterly (Toronto). ae The most fatal disease of our times is introspection.—Dr. -Edward Lyttelton. we _Too many newspapers. to many cinemas fritter away the soul.—Mr. H. A. L. Fisher.

When all is said, what the cinema has provided has in the j main been dope.—Mr. E. V. Lucas.

Treland is at this moment probably the safest country in the world for visitors—Mr. Bernard Shaw

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