Memorable Quotes and quotations from William Ralph IngeWilliam Ralph Inge English author & Anglican prelate (1860 - 1954)William Ralph Inge - - The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. William Ralph Inge - - Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. William Ralph Inge - Outspoken Essays (1919) - It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion. William Ralph Inge - - A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. William Ralph Inge - - We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. William Ralph Inge - 1920 - To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosohpy. |
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