A. P. Herbert Quote

Modern dictionaries are pusillanimous works, preferring to record what has been done than to say what ought to be done.


What a Word! (1935)


Modern dictionaries are pusillanimous works, preferring to record what has been done than to say what ought to be done.

Modern dictionaries are pusillanimous works, preferring to record what has been done than to say what ought to be done.

Modern dictionaries are pusillanimous works, preferring to record what has been done than to say what ought to be done.

Modern dictionaries are pusillanimous works, preferring to record what has been done than to say what ought to be done.