The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion

Quote by Stanley Baldwin

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Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are...

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are...

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that...

The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that...

War would end if the dead could return.

War would end if the dead could return.

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and...

The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and...

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false...

You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false...

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.

I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.

War would end if the dead could return.

War would end if the dead could return.

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months'...

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months'...

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason

The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.

The intelligent are to the intelligentsia what a gentleman is to a gent.

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of...

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of...

I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness...

I am not struck so much by the diversity of testimony as by the many-sidedness...

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my...

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

There is no arguing with one who denies first principles

There is no arguing with one who denies first principles

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason.

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. After fourteen years of it, I...

Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. After fourteen years of it, I...