Benjamin Rudyerd quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“No man is bound to be rich or great, - no, nor to be wise; but every man is bound to be honest.”
-- Benjamin Rudyerd

Source : Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, Benjamin Rudyerd (capt.) (1841). “Memoirs of Sir Benjamin Rudyerd: Containing His Speeches and Poems. To which are Added the Letters of His Great-great-grandson Benjamin Rudyerd”, p.130

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“I sank down onto the bed against the headboard and leaned back. I crossed my legs underneath me. "Then we'll talk." I said with a smile. Rush sat down onto the bed and leaned back against the wall. A deep chuckle came from his chest and I watched as a real smile broke out on his face. "I can't believe I just begged a female to sit and talk to me." In all honesty, I couldn't either.”
“I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like; it is terrifying.”
“If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.”
“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander”
“The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.”
“When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!”
“All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.”
“He (Jeremy Clarkson) is the last man standing on the beach commanding the glaciers' melt waters to go back”
“A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.”
“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”

Benjamin Rudyerd quotes

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