The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

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So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...