A nation is not going mad when it does extravagant things, so long as it does them in an extravagant spirit. But whenever we see things done wildly, but taken tamely, then the State is growing insane.

When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent who are trying to explain our failure.

The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich.

Sometimes he even embarrassed the company by phrases suggesting that there was some difference between a Liberal and a Conservative.