Top 6 Francis Cornford Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “My love came back to me Under the November tree Shelterless and dim. He put his hand upon my shoulder, He did not think me strange or older, Nor I, him.”

— Francis Cornford

2. “Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies.”

— Francis Cornford

3. “Nothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done, and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else.”

— Francis Cornford

4. “Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time.”

— Francis Cornford

5. “The study of mathematics is the indispensable basis for all intellectual and spiritual progress.”

— Francis Cornford

6. “University printing presses exist, and are subsidised by the Government for the purpose of producing books which no one can read; and they are true to their high calling.”

— Francis Cornford

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