E. V. Lucas Quotes

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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

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I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

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I do not call myself really old yet. Not till a young woman offers me her seat in a railway compartment will that tragedy really be mine.

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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.

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The highest compliment that can be paid to a foreigner is to be stopped in the street and asked the way by a native.

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The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.

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The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.

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In England it is very dangerous to have a sense of humour.

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Poor G.K.C., his day is past—
Now God will know the truth at last.

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People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so: they are called dwellers sur la branche.

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Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce.

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A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action.

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The trouble with marriage is that, while every woman is at heart a mother, every man is at heart a bachelor.

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You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.

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