Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.
It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live "in a period of transition." Many people have said this at many times. Adam may well have made the remark to Eve on leaving the Garden of Eden.
(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
I will not be able to carry the physical burden of leading the Party at the next general election. I hope it will soon be possible for the customary processes of consultation to be carried on within the Party about its future leadership.