Oxford Essential Quotations (4 ed.)

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John Arbuthnot Fisher 1841–1920
British admiral

The best scale for an experiment is 12 inches to a foot.
Memories (1919)
Sack the lot!
on government overmanning and overspending
letter to Times, 2 September 1919
Never contradict
Never explain
Never apologize.
letter to Times, 5 September 1919; see Disraeli, Hubbard

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