Quote #7

Talk of the 'imperial decay' of your invalid port. 'Its gracious withdrawal from perfection, keeping a hint of former majesty withal, as it hovers between oblivion and the divine Untergang of infinite recession.'

More from Stephen Potter

  1. A good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa.
  2. 'Yes, but not in the South', with slight adjustments, will do for any argument about any place, if not about any person.
  3. How to be one up - how to make the other man feel that something has gone wrong, however slightly.
  4. In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be mock modesty on my part to deny that I have built up for myself a considerable name …
  5. There are those who believe that the sole duty of the poker gamesman is to build up his reputation for impenetrability and toughness by sug…
  6. The theory and practice of gamesmanship; or, The art of winning games without actually cheating.

All Stephen Potter quotes