
“We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 273
As quoted in Abstract Painting, Michel Seuphor, Dell Publishing Co., 1964, p. 9
Posthumous quotes
“We are not masters of the truth which is borne in upon us: it overpowers us.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 273
“We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs.”
Speech to the Pembrokeshire Constituency Labour Party in Haverfordwest (26 July 1974), quoted in The Times (27 July 1974), p. 3
1970s
“What is imposed on us by birth and environment is what we are called upon to overcome.”
Part I, p. 28
A Jewish Writer in America (2011)
Speech to the quarterly meeting of the National Production Advisory Council on Industry (28 May 1954), quoted in The Times (29 May 1954), p. 3
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Quoted in "Odd World: A Photo-reporter's Story" - Page 299 - by John Phillips - 1959
As quoted in Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010).