Enoch Powell Quotes

It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.

More men are guilty of treason through weakness than any studied design to betray.

To become reconciled to a friend with whom you have broken, is a form of weakness; and you pay the penalty of it when he takes the first opportunity of doing precisely the very thing which brought about the breach.

A false tale often betrays itself.

Do not betray the people.

Linda seemed to recognize loneliness. Possibly she could see it sitting opposite her, sipping lager and trying not to lose its temper. It was an illness, loneliness-it made you weak, gullible, feebleminded.

Adultery is a most conventional way to rise above the conventional.

You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.

Fear betrays unworthy souls.

Now you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it - but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister

I'm weak cause I believe you and I'm mad because I love.

The truth now.He was disappointed in human beings.He had seen too many betrayals,too many pitiful weaknesses,too much greed for money and fame.The falseness between lovers,husbands and wifes,fathers,sons,mothers,daughters

I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.

I know that man who forsakes Truth can forsake his country and his nearest and dearest ones.

I had a job to do in the ring, and the businessmen around me had a job to do outside the ring, I did my job by beating up most of the guys they put in front of me and staying in shape, but the people I trusted didn't do their jobs.

Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see. She has deceived her father, and may thee.

Nothing convinces persons of a weak understanding so effectually, as what they do not comprehend.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end.

When your hero falls from grace, all fairy tales are uncovered Myth exposed and pain magnified, the grace pays uncovered He told me to be strong, but I confused to see it so weak You say never to give up, and it hurts to see what comes to be When your hero falls soley the stars, and so does the reception of tomorrow Without my hero, theres only me alone, to deal with my sorrow Your heart ceases to work, and your soul is not happy at all What are you expected to do, when your only hero falls

O, Men's vows are women's traitors! All good seeming, By thy revolt, O husband, shall be thought Put on for villainy, not born where't grows, But worn a bait for ladies.

The liar suffers twice: he neither believes nor is believed.

There is none deceived but he that trusts.

We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.

Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.