W. C. Sellar quotes
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“To confess that you are totally Ignorant about the horse, is social suicide: you will be despised by everybody, especially the horse.”
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“Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.”
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“For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.”
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“The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.”
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“The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).”
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“It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.”
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“When setting out on a photographic holiday, always provide yourself with two cameras, one to leave in the train going and the other to leave in the cab coming back.”
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“British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question.”
-- W. C. SellarSource : 1066 and All That ch. 57 (1930). Coauthored with R. J. Yeatman.
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“History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.”
-- W. C. Sellar
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