[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several — Robert Staughton Lynd
The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among — Robert Staughton Lynd
Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left. — Robert Staughton Lynd
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear. — Robert Staughton Lynd
It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one’s own suffering. — Robert Staughton Lynd
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. — Robert Staughton Lynd
One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance in search of knowledge. — Robert Staughton Lynd
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is christmas; — Robert Staughton Lynd
There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer. — Robert Staughton Lynd
Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us. — Robert Staughton Lynd