The Stag at Bay with the ...

The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.
 Bernard Levin

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In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.
 Bernard Levin
No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.
 Bernard Levin
Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times noisy) desperation, understanding nothing but the fact that there is a hole inside them and that however much food and drink they pour into it, however many motorcars and television sets they stuff it with, however many well-balanced children and loyal friends they parade around the edges of it. . . it aches!
 Bernard Levin