Aubrey Menen Quotes & Sayings

Fate is something you believe in when things are not going well. When they are, you forget it. — Aubrey Menen

That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself. — Aubrey Menen

There are three things which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third. — Aubrey Menen

It is a mark of genius not to astonish but to be astonished. — Aubrey Menen

A thorough knowledge of the past could lead a profound scholar to predict the future course of history with great accuracy, provided that it did not turn out quite differently. — Aubrey Menen

The poor have no business with culture and should beware of it. They cannot eat it; they cannot sell it; they can only pass it on to others and that is why the world is full of hungry people ready to teach us anything under the sun. — Aubrey Menen

His view of war - and he had seen a great deal of it - was that a general made as many blunders as he fought battles, but, by the grace of the gods, the opposing generals' blunders were sometimes worse. — Aubrey Menen

The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to wait until somebody else does it, and then to copy him in every detail, except his mistakes. — Aubrey Menen