“I'm a man more dined against than dining.”

Maurice Bowra

“Buggery was invented to fill that awkward hour between evensong and cocktails.”

Maurice Bowra

“Splendid couple—slept with both of them.”

Maurice Bowra

“Though like Our Lord and Socrates he does not publish much, he thinks and says a great deal and has had an enormous influence on our times”

Maurice Bowra

“Where there's death, there's hope.”

Maurice Bowra