Principles without programs are platitudes.

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

You can rave about Stravinsky without the slightest risk of being classified as a lunatic by the next generation .

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?.