Civilisation Is A Conspiracy.

Most True Points Are Fine Points. There Never Was A Dispute Between Mortals Where Both Sides Hadn't A Bit Of Right.

Without Humility There Can Be No Humanity.

[w]ithout Humour You Cannot Run A Sweetie-shop, Let Alone A Nation.

The Book Trade Is A Spiritual Barometer Of A Nations Well-being.

The World Was Arrogant And Self-satisfied, But Behind All This Confidence There Was An Uneasy Sense Of Impending Disaster. The Old Creeds, Both Religious And Political, Were Largely In The Process Of Dissolution, But We Did Not Realise The Fact, And Therefore Did Not Look For New Foundations.