Quote

The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.

William Ralph Inge

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Ralph Inge
War
Shows
Combatants
Life
Statistics
Suicide
Least
Interesting
Show
Peace

More quotes by William Ralph Inge

Image
The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Faith is an act of self-consecration, in which the will, the intellect, and the affections all have their place.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.
William Ralph Inge
Image
I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Originality is undetected plagiarism.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The command, 'Be fruitful and multiply', was promulgated, according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons.
William Ralph Inge
Image
We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Religion is caught, not taught.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.
William Ralph Inge
Image
A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Hatred toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart as love to God.
William Ralph Inge
Image
We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Take away fear, and the battle of Freedom is half won.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products.
William Ralph Inge
Image
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.
William Ralph Inge