1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

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“They are the guiding oracles which man has found out for himself in that great business of ours, of learning how to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.”
—John Morley [1st Viscount Morley Of Blackburn] (1838–1923)

“That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.”
—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)

“Of old all invitations ended
With the well-known R.S.V.P.,
But now our laws have been amended
The hostess writes B.Y.O.B.”
—Christopher Morley (1890–1957)