Edmund Clerihew Bentley Quotes

When their lordships asked Bacon How many bribes he had taken He had at least the grace To get very red in the face.

George the Third Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder.

John Stuart Mill, By a mighty effort of will, Overcame his natural bonhomie And wrote ‘Principles of Political Economy’.

Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium.

Sir Christopher Wren said, ‘I am going to dine with some men. If anybody calls Say I am designing St Paul’s.’

What I like about Clive Is that he is no longer alive. There is a great deal to be said For being dead.