What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for us nearer the truth than any view which diminishes that sense.

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.