Quotes by Edward F. Halifax

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
– Edward F. Halifax
He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.
– Edward F. Halifax
I often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at Oxford.
– Edward F. Halifax
Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.
– Edward F. Halifax
Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.
– Edward F. Halifax
The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
– Edward F. Halifax
The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
– Edward F. Halifax
Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.
– Edward F. Halifax