“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."”
— William Ralph Inge
“The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.”
— William Ralph Inge
“Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due.”
— William Ralph Inge
“On the whole, the happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except the fact that they are so.”
— William Ralph Inge
“Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.”
— William Ralph Inge
“Experience is a good teacher, though her fees are terribly high.”
— William Ralph Inge
“Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.”
— William Ralph Inge
“It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”
— William Ralph Inge