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~ William Ralph Inge Quote
Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.
~ William Ralph Inge Quote
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
~ William Ralph Inge Quote
Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.
~ William Ralph Inge Quote
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.
~ William Ralph Inge Quote
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
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The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.
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A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.
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Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.
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Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
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Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.
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I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that He has a sense of humor.
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We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
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I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.
~ William Ralph Inge Quote