Great Quotes from history

11 Jul 2005

"A man who morolises i usually a hypocrite, and a woman that morolises is invariably plain"

11 Jul 2005

Quote by PoloLady
"A man who morolises i usually a hypocrite, and a woman that morolises is invariably plain"

Stab in the dark here - Oscar Wilde?

11 Jul 2005

Quote by smokerjim
"Madam, I may be drunk...but you are ugly and tomorrow, I shall be sober"
Anybody want to take a guess?

CHURCHILL
Yes and I think it was to "Bessy Bradock" MP for the Jolly Miller area of Liverpool.
But knowing my polotics I am more wrong than right lol
Fred

11 Jul 2005

Quote by smokerjim
"A man who morolises i usually a hypocrite, and a woman that morolises is invariably plain"

Stab in the dark here - Oscar Wilde?
Your darkened stab did strike! biggrin

11 Jul 2005

Quote by PoloLady
"A man who morolises i usually a hypocrite, and a woman that morolises is invariably plain"

Stab in the dark here - Oscar Wilde?
Your darkened stab did strike! biggrin

:blink: :blink: :blink:
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men...There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it." you have to get this one, not the one down below
"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, but it's a lot more fun" Larry O'Hara, my politics A-Level teacher ( I dropped out BTW ) :thumbup:

11 Jul 2005

shakespeare

11 Jul 2005

I know it was a Lord - but the name escapes me

11 Jul 2005

Quote by Happy Cats
shakespeare

Nope, you are well out by a few centuries - good try though. wink

Polo Lady, You are on the right track - it was a mamber of the aristocracy.

11 Jul 2005

Lord Acton (?????Memory failing but remembering something with history A'level???)
Cathy ( :love: ) x

11 Jul 2005

I wish it would be night and the Germans would come

11 Jul 2005

Quote by Red(RHG)
Lord Acton (?????Memory failing but remembering something with history A'level???)
Cathy ( :love: ) x

well done - I beleive you have it!

11 Jul 2005

Quote by Red(RHG)
Lord Acton (?????Memory failing but remembering something with history A'level???)
Cathy ( :love: ) x

Your memory isn't failing that much, Cathy, you got it! worship

:worship: :worship:

11 Jul 2005

It is acton - clever clogs

11 Jul 2005

Quote by G and H
I wish it would be night and the Germans would come

Sir Roger Casement? dunno

11 Jul 2005

Anyone want the honour?
Am b'lux at this just happened on that one.....
Be my guest
Cathy x

11 Jul 2005

How about -
Who says I am not under the special protection of God?

11 Jul 2005

Told ya, b'lux, aint a clue
Cathy x

11 Jul 2005

He wouldnt have had gods protection - not a nice little man

12 Jul 2005

Smokerjim
It was Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington) at the battle of Waterloo
defeeting Napoleon

12 Jul 2005

Quote by G and H
Smokerjim
It was Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington) at the battle of Waterloo
defeeting Napoleon

Oh yes, waiting for Blucher to arrive - and there's me that has read "Wellington and the years of the sword " :doh:

12 Jul 2005

smokerjim
next one
The Germans (prussians) to the front?