William Ralph Inge

The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#education #facts #knowledge #values

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

— William Ralph Inge

#about #ancestry #common #delusion #hatred

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#being happy #cause #except #happiest #happiest people

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#favor #opinion #pass #remains #resolutions

Originality is undetected plagiarism. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#plagiarism #undetected

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#only #punishments #rewards

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#course #hope #improve #life #maybe

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#bored #discover #make #nobody #something

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#events #happened #in the past #into #matter

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#comes #due #interest #paid #trouble