Quotes Library

August 5, 2025

[On being prime minister] Sometimes the strain is awful, you have to resort to Jane Austen.

Harold Macmillan (1894–1986), British Conservative politician, prime minister, in the Butler Papers; Peter Hennessy The Hidden Wiring (1995), Jay p.245

How well do you deal with strain? Is that the best you can do?

Better Austen, than alcohol, affairs, or alternative strategies for relieving the strain. Besides, in every Austen novel, after great turmoil, things turn out right in the end.

Politics & Politicians

More Quotes

July 27, 2025
July 27, 2025
Philosophy & History
The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.
January 17, 2025
January 17, 2025
War & Peace
One final tip to rebels: always have a second profession in reserve.
April 19, 2025
00:37
April 19, 2025
War & Peace
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stomping on a human face—forever.
1…116117118119120…122
Page 118 of 122