Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

Quote by John Betjeman

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People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on...

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of...

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of...

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity...

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity...

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I...

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I...

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.

You think you're in the movies And everything's so deep But I think that you're...

You think you're in the movies And everything's so deep But I think that you're...

Nous sommes peu Ã penser trop, trop Ã penser peu. (There are a few who...

Nous sommes peu Ã penser trop, trop Ã penser peu. (There are a few who...

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

Change your language and you change your thoughts.

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season...

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season...

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking,...

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking,...

Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking

Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

Those who know how to think need no teachers.

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.