Society and the World

War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.

War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.

Laws are silent in time of war.

Laws are silent in time of war.

The sinews of war, unlimited money.

The sinews of war, unlimited money.

O tempora, O mores!

O tempora, O mores!

Civis Romanus sum.

How long will you abuse our patience, Catiline?

Summum bonum.

Salus populi suprema est lex.

Salus populi suprema est lex.

’Ipse dixit.’ ‘Ipse’ autem erat Pyhagoras.

A sheep in sheep’s clothing.

The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.

Jellicoe was the only man on either side who could lose the war in an afternoon.

In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

In defeat unbeatable: in victory unbearable. of Lord Montgomery

It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion’s heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.

Naval tradition?. Monstrous. Nothing but rum, sodomy, prayers, and the lash.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.