Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by W. C. Sellar

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
W. C. Sellar

Walter Carruthers Sellar was a Scottish humourist who wrote for Punch. He is best known for the 1930 book 1066 and All That, a tongue-in-cheek guide to "all the history you can remember," which he wrote together with R. J. Yeatman.

December 27, 1898 - June 11, 1951
For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught.
It is utterly forbidden to be half-hearted about gardening. You have got to love your garden whether you like it or not.
The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).
The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy. — © W. C. Sellar
The National Debt is a very Good Thing and it would be dangerous to pay it off for fear of Political Economy.
To confess that you are totally Ignorant about the horse, is social suicide: you will be despised by everybody, especially the horse.
"I want to be a lawn." Greta Garbo.
British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question.
History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.
Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.
When setting out on a photographic holiday, always provide yourself with two cameras, one to leave in the train going and the other to leave in the cab coming back.
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