We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.

Quote by Tom Stoppard

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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had...

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't...

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

The days of the digital watch are numbered.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not...

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe...

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

Revolution is a trivial shift in the emphasis of suffering.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want.

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...

Back in the East you can't do much without the right papers, but with the...