Dean Inge Quotes & Sayings

“What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.”

“A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.”

“I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.”

“The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.”

“Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.”

“Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.”

“Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.”

“It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.”

“Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.”

“Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.”