Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he h…

- Hesketh Pearson

I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters are idiots.

- Hesketh Pearson

The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.

- Hesketh Pearson

Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes of modern yo…

- Hesketh Pearson

A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not been obv…

- Hesketh Pearson

Do you believe in God? Perhaps you aren't old enough. The reason old people believe in God is because they've given up believing in anything else, an…

- Hesketh Pearson

[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a conscience. Without…

- Hesketh Pearson

Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.

- Hesketh Pearson

An author should be delighted, not annoyed when he hears himself persistently misquoted. He could receive no higher compliment. It proves that the wo…

- Hesketh Pearson