Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff

Quote by Harold Nicolson

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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish...

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish...

When I look back upon the more than sixty years that I have spent on...

When I look back upon the more than sixty years that I have spent on...

The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man...

The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man...

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and...

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and...

Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow...

Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow...

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.

The more I look around and listen I realize that I'm not alone. We are...

The more I look around and listen I realize that I'm not alone. We are...

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was...

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was...

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year....

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year....

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to...

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to...

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing...

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

I went on a children's roller coaster once when I was maybe 12-or some age...

I went on a children's roller coaster once when I was maybe 12-or some age...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his...

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and how well you look.

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and how well you look.

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999...

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999...