Best Quotes by Ernest Bramah (Top 9)

  1. A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.
  2. One learns to itch where one can scratch.
  3. Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.
  4. When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.
  5. Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.
  6. He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.
  7. It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea shops
  8. There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold, or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night
  9. The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.