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What Arouses The Indignation Of The Honest Satirist Is Not, Unless The Man Is A Prig, The Fact That People In Positions Of Power Or Influence Behave Idiotically, Or Even That They Behave Wickedly. It Is That They Conspire Successfully To Impose Upon The Public A Picture Of Themselves As So Very Sagacious, Honest And Well-intentioned.

If I Wrote A Book About England I Should Call It What About Wednesday Week? Which Is What English People Say When They Are Making What They Believe To Be An Urgent Appointment.

A Wartime Minister Of Information Is Compelled, In The National Interest, To Such Continuous Acts Of Duplicity That Even His Natural Hair Must Grow To Resemble A Wig.

Nothing Sets A Person Up More Than Having Something Turn Out Just The Way It's Supposed To Be, Like Falling Into A Swiss Snowdrift And Seeing A Big Dog Come Up With A Little Cask Of Brandy Round Its Neck.

An Autobiography Should Give The Reader Opportunity To Point Out The Author's Follies And Misconceptions.