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Lord Berners poetry and quotes and jokes

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'There is a good deal to be said for frivolity. Frivolous people, when all is said and done, do less harm in the world than some of our philanthropisers and reformers. Mistrust a man who never has an occasional flash of silliness.'

On the front door of Faringdon House was the legend  'Mangling done here'.

Joke notices ‘ No dogs admitted’ at the top of the stairs' and 'Prepare to meet thy God’ painted inside a wardrobe.

The local vicar asked for money for the deserving poor, Berners replied ‘I’m afraid I can’t help you much though I’d like to. My parents taught me never to be associated with failure’.

and of the Folly Tower 'The great point of the Tower is that it will be entirely useless.’

A questionnaire about the requirements for a happy marriage completed by Berners:
‘A short memory, A long purse, Infinite credulity, No sense of humour, A combative nature, The man should be a Man and the Woman a Woman or vice versa.’


Auto Epitaph

Here lies Lord Berners
One of the learners
His great love of learning
May earn him a burning
But praise to the lord
He seldom was bored



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Epitaph He did what he could
To be jolly and good
But honest endeavour
Will never-no never!
Make some people clever.
But such is the leaven
Of the Kingdom of Heaven
Red Roses and Red Noses

Some people praise red roses:
But I beg leave to say
That I prefer red noses-
I think they are so gay.

A Kempis says we must not cling
To things that pass away:
Red Noses last a lifetime
Red roses but a day

Red roses blow but thrice a year-
In June, July or May
But owners of red noses
Can blow them every day.

Song by Lord Berners
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He dyed his white doves many different colours and he kept whippets, which were decorated with diamond collars

Books about Lord Berners

Lord Berners,The Last Eccentric 
Mark Amory 

Lord Berners. Composer, Writer,Painter
Peter Dickinson
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Written by Lord Berners

Fiction
1936 - The Camel
1937 - The Girls of Radcliff Hall
1941 - Far From the Madding War
1941 - Count Omega
1941 - Percy Wallingford and Mr. Pidger
1941 - The Romance of the Nose
Non fiction
1922 - Lord Berners
1934 - First Childhood
1945 - A Distant Prospect

Music by Lord Berners

Lord Berners wrote a variety of music genres; orchestra, wind ensembles, soloists, piano.

Details can be found on the Chester Novello website
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