On the peers of the House of Lords, in a speech in Newcastle (9 October 1909), quoted in printed in the Manchester Guardian http://books.google.com/books?id=pDzmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1049 (11 October 1909)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
“The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier: the manners and habits of a duke would cost a city clerk his situation.”
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1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
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Irish playwright 1856–1950Related quotes
“It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.”
“That bad manners are so prevalent in the world is the fault of good manners.”
Dass soviel Ungezogenheit gut durch die Welt kommt, daran ist die Wohlerzogenheit schuld.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 72.
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
“To have merit to abstain from a fault, is a manner to be guilty.”
Avoir du mérite à s'abstenir d'une faute, c'est une façon d'être coupable.
Alexis (1929)
“Uses of Great Men,”
1850s, Representative Men (1850)
“A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.”
“Makes the Whole World Kin,” Sixes and Sevens (1911)