Francis Cornford Quotes

• I had a little dog and my dog was very small....Of all the treasures that were mine, I loved him most of all.

  Francis Cornford

  Dog, Pet, Treasure

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• Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies.

  Francis Cornford

  Friendship, Art, Lying

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• Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time.

  Francis Cornford

  Time, Done, Firsts

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• Nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done, and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else.

  Francis Cornford

  Long, Done, Ought

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• The study of mathematics is the indispensable basis for all intellectual and spiritual progress.

  Francis Cornford

  Spiritual, Intellectual, Progress

  "The Sacred in Music". Book by Albert L. Blackwell, 1999.

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• My love came back to me Under the November tree Shelterless and dim. He put his hand upon my shoulder, He did not think me strange or older, Nor I, him.

  Francis Cornford

  Love, Thinking, Hands

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• University printing presses exist, and are subsidised by the Government for the purpose of producing books which no one can read; and they are true to their high calling.

  Francis Cornford

  Book, Government, Calling

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