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Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them.

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The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy.

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To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life.

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I had never before seen heat, as you can see smoke or rain. But there it was, jigging and quavering above brown grasses and spiky thorn-trees and flaring erythrinas.

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Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

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The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life...

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With the children she was strict and with the adults chatty, contributing her remarks to the conversation as if they had been large, heavy stones.

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One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.'

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Elspeth Huxley

Elspeth Huxley

Born: July 23, 1907

Died: January 10, 1997 (aged 89)

Bio: Elspeth Joscelin Huxley was an author, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser.

Known for:

The flame trees of Thika (1959)
The Mottled Lizard (1962)
Red Strangers (1939)
Murder on Safari (1938)
Peter Scott: Painter and Naturalist (1993)

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