John Arbuthnot Fisher

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“I learned early in life that you get places by having the right enemies.”
—Bishop John Spong (b. 1931)

“All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.”
—John Arbuthnot (1667–1735)

“... word-sniffing ... is an addiction, like glue—or snow—sniffing in a somewhat less destructive way, physically if not economically.... As an addict ... I am almost guiltily interested in converts to my own illness, and in a pinch I can recommend nearly any reasonable solace, whether or not it qualifies as a true descendant of Noah Webster.”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)