Ernest Bramah Short Quotes

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He who has failed three times sets up as an instructor.

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Eat in the dark the bargain that you purchased in the dusk.

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One may ride upon a tiger's back but it is fatal to dismount.

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However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.

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He is capable of any crime, from reviling the Classics to diverting water courses.

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In his countenance this person read an expression of no-encouragement towards his venture.

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Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat beneath an orange-tree.

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Alas! It is well written, "The road to eminence lies through the cheap and exceedingly uninviting eating-houses."

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When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.

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It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea-shops.

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Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

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The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.

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'However entrancing it is to wander unchecked through a garden of bright images, are we not enticing your mind from another subject of almost equal importance?'

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As it is truly said, 'Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.'

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At this display the elder and less attractive of the maidens fled, uttering loud and continuous cries of apprehension in order to conceal the direction of her flight.

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As the Book of Verses indicates, "The person who patiently awaits a sign from the clouds for many years, and fails to notice the earthquake at his feet, is devoid of intellect."

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Better a dish of husks to the accompaniment of a muted lute than to be satiated with stewed shark's fin and rich spiced wine of which the cost is frequently mentioned by the provider.

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