Quotes by Lord Arthur Balfour

Lord Arthur Balfour

British statesman

Lived from: 1848 - 1930

Category: Politics Country: United Kingdom

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• Ask with urgency and passion.

  ― Lord Arthur Balfour
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• Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

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• Enthusiasm moves the world.

  ― Lord Arthur Balfour
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• He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

  ― Lord Arthur Balfour
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• I never forgive, but I always forget.

  ― Lord Arthur Balfour
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• I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. [Speaking Of Winston Churchill]

  ― Lord Arthur Balfour
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• It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

  ― Lord Arthur Balfour
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• Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.

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• The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• unfortunate
• considering
• enthusiasts
• promises
• reading
• refined

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