Paul Scott Quotes

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it’s the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people’s hearts lie.

English is the language of a people ho have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.

Imagination is not enough. Knowledge is necessary.

The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.

Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.