Best Quotes by William Bolitho (Top 10)
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It is when Pirates count their booty that they become mere thieves.
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Adventure must start with running away from home.
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General jackdaw culture, very little more than a collection of charming miscomprehensions, untargeted enthusiasms, and a general habit of skimming.
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A very beautiful woman hardly ever leaves a clear-cut impression of features and shape in the memory: usually there remains only an aura of living color
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The shortest way out of Manchester is notoriously a bottle of Gordon's gin.
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We will never have Fascism in England; no Englishman will dress up, not even for a revolution.
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You need more fact in the dangerous art of giving presents than in any other social action.
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An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free.
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Adventure is the vitaminizing element in histories both individual and social
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The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.
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More William Bolitho Quotes
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The most important thing in life is not to capitalize on your successes-any fool can do that. The really important thing is to profit from your mistakes.
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