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Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do. Virginia Woolf
Great People Responsible Never Bodies
The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers. Virginia Woolf
War You Clothes Soldiers Those Wear Dress Seek Finest Between Far Your Connection
Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. Virginia Woolf
Woman Guess Indeed Signing Would Poems Wrote Anon Venture Without Often Them Who Many
To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father. Virginia Woolf
Father Depend Odious Than Form Less Profession Slavery
I was in a queer mood, thinking myself very old: but now I am a woman again - as I always am when I write. Virginia Woolf
Myself Woman Old Thinking Mood Write Always Am Queer Very Again Now
We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print. Virginia Woolf
Sight Trivial Print Personalities Eternity
The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. W. Somerset Maugham
Beautiful Unity Variety Essence
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. W. Somerset Maugham
Stress Mind Men Changing Weak Weak Men Exaggerated He Like Laid
The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. W. Somerset Maugham
Anger World Thought First Out General Habits Know Reaction Make Comfortable Originality Startled
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham
Ability Wit Substitute Quote Serviceable
Impropriety is the soul of wit. W. Somerset Maugham
Soul Humor Wit
Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long. W. Somerset Maugham
Age Youth Old Long Old Age Too Would Take Because Ready Undertake Tasks
Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable. W. Somerset Maugham
Nature Men Extraordinarily Opinion Error Position
Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength, nor ride him till he is weary, but a little at a time and often. William Cavendish
Work Time Strength You Ride Weary Half Before Whatever Lesson Extremity Above Take Never He Never Take Come Him Gentle Till His Nor Often Little Means Use
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes. William E. Gladstone
Great Mistakes Great Mistakes Except Through No-One Became Many Ever
We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe. William E. Gladstone
Stupidity Cruelty Lose Foe Would Rather Bound Years Friend Ireland Than Her Consequence
Let us think of Nature as a builder, making all that we see out of atoms of a limited number of kinds, just as the builder of a house constructs it out of so many different kinds of things: bricks, slates, planks, panes of glass, and so on. William Henry Bragg
Nature Atoms Different Kinds Think Out Kinds See Constructs Glass House Builder Limited Making Just Different Us Bricks Many Let Us Things Number
The difference between a gas and a liquid is that in the former, the atoms and molecules move to and fro in an independent existence, whereas in the latter, they are always in touch with one another, though they are changing partners continually. William Henry Bragg
Atoms Changing Though Latter Independent Touch Between Partners Another Always Continually Existence Liquid Move Difference Whereas Former Molecules Gas
We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as if we didn't know and didn't believe. William Henry Hudson
Time Believe Our Know Years Subject Decay Decaying Middle Senses Happily
The undevout astronomer must be mad. William Herschel
Astronomer Mad Must
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it. Winston Churchill
Drinking First Meeting Franklin Franklin Roosevelt Bottle Opening Like Knowing Him Roosevelt Your Champagne
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. Winston Churchill
Politics War Myself Writing Politicians Painting Entirely More Shall Never Over Am Going Confine Anything
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter. Winston Churchill
Battles General More He Demands Greater Won Maneuver Less Slaughter
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. Winston Churchill
Better Prophesy Taken Policy Because Always Beforehand After Place Much Avoid Event
You write in songs what you're too scared to write in real life, and then you sing the songs to loads of people instead of telling it to the person you should be telling it to... Songs are a great way of dealing with those issues but kind of a coward's way as well. Winston Marshall
Life Great You People Coward Real Life Too Way Those Kind Telling Scared Write Songs Instead Sing Well Great Way Dealing Real Issues Person Then Should Loads
You know I don't really have faith in politicians - this is quite a sleazy business. But there is no law which says that all politicians will turn out to be scumbags. Zac Goldsmith
Faith You Business Law Will Politicians Says Out No Law Know Quite Which Turn Really Sleazy
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