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William Ralph Inge Inspirational Quotes (119)

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Originality is undetected plagiarism.
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The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.
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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 happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
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In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.
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There is no limit to the noble aspirations which the words my country may evoke.
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To marry is to get a binocular view of life.
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In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.
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There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise? Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.
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A man is never so truly and intensely himself as when he is most possessed by God. It is impossible to say where, in the spiritual life, the human will leaves off and divine grace begins.
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Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.
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It is becoming impossible for those who mix at all with their fellow-men to believe that the grace of God is distributed denominationally.
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The greatest obstacle to progress is not man's inherited pugnacity, but his incorrigible tendency to parasitism.
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There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.
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The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses the ability to feel glad because the sun is shining. He doesn't see the wonder and the newness of the beginning of spring.
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Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.
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The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.
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Even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is inhabitable.
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Hatred toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart as love to God.
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The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.
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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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Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard.
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Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
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What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
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