W.C. Sellar Quotes

#1. Memorable among the Saxon warriors were Hengist and his wife (? or horse), Horsa. Hengist made himself King in the South. Thus Hengist was the first English King and his wife (or horse), Horsa, the first English Queen (or horse).

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#2. "I want to be a lawn." Greta Garbo.

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#3. The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.

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#4. The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).

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#5. For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.

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#6. History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.

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#7. With the ascension of Charles I to the throne we come at last to the Central Period of English History (not to be confused with the Middle Ages, of course), consisting in the utterly memorable Struggle between the Cavaliers (Wrong but Wromantic) and the Roundheads (Right but Repulsive).

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#8. When setting out on a photographic holiday, always provide yourself with two cameras, one to leave in the train going and the other to leave in the cab coming back.

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#9. Gladstone .. spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question, ...

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#10. To confess that you are totally Ignorant about the horse, is social suicide: you will be despised by everybody, especially the horse.

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#11. It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.

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