#w

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#knowing #love #only #person #them

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#avoiding #diplomacy #doing #more #right

Whoever wants to understand much must play much. ↗

— Gottfried Benn

#must #play #understand #wants #whoever

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world. ↗

— Tony Benn

#difference #doctrine #faith #kill #something

All war represents a failure of diplomacy. ↗

— Tony Benn

#failure #represents #war

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#abraham lincoln #became #car #famous #few

If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging. ↗

— Alan Bennett

#arranging #competitive #flower #squash #think

We were put to Dickens as children but it never quite took. That unremitting humanity soon had me cheesed off. ↗

— Alan Bennett

#dickens #had #humanity #me #never

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#being #cannot #entire #fail #give

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#behave #had #happened #matter #nothing