Quotes by Arthur James Balfour

Ask with urgency and passion.
– Arthur James Balfour
Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
– Arthur James Balfour
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
– Arthur James Balfour
I never forgive, but I always forget.
– Arthur James Balfour
I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.
– Arthur James Balfour
It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.
– Arthur James Balfour
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.
– Arthur James Balfour
The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.
– Arthur James Balfour