18 ordspråk av W. R. Inge
W. R. Inge
 Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products |
| Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance. |
| Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. |
| It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. |
| Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. |
| Many people believe that they are attracted by God or by nature, when they are only repelled by man. |
| No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. |
| Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism |
| Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man |
| The command "Be fruitful and multiply" was promulgated according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons |
| The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours |
| The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important. |
| The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little. |
| The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and passive |
| There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better |
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