The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

Tea is one of the main stays of civilization in this country.

The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and a truthful press are simply not compatible with military efficiency.

Manchester is the belly and guts of the nation

There are some situations from which one can only escape by acting like a devil or a lunatic.

To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay.

We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.