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Hector Hugh Munro Quotes

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened Picture Quote #1

You needn’t tell me that a man who doesn’t love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He’s simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed Picture Quote #1

But, good gracious, you’ve got to educate him first. You can’t expect a boy to be vicious till he’s been to a good school Picture Quote #1

Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance Picture Quote #1

It is an admitted fact that the ordinary tomtit of commerce has a sounder aesthetic taste than the average female relative in the country Picture Quote #1

People talk vaguely about the innocence of a little child, but they take mighty good care not to let it out of their sight for twenty minutes Picture Quote #1

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No one has ever said it, but how painfully true it is that the poor have us always with them Picture Quote #1

Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions Picture Quote #1

All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren’t respectable live beyond other people’s; a few gifted individuals manage to do both Picture Quote #1

If he had unlimited money at his disposal, he might go into the wilds somewhere and shoot big game. I never know what the big game have done to deserve it, but they do help to deflect the destructive energies of some of our social misfits Picture Quote #1

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them Picture Quote #1

A beautifully constructed borshch, such as you are going to experience presently, ought not only to banish conversation but almost to annihilate thought Picture Quote #1

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There was something alike terrifying and piteous in the spectacle of these frail old morsels of humanity consecrating their last flickering energies to the task of making each other wretched. Hatred seemed to be the one faculty which had survived in undiminished vigor where all else was dropping into ordered and symmetrical decay Picture Quote #1

There is no easy in the world neither hard everything is the same in a way Picture Quote #1

I believe I once considerably scandalized her by declaring that clear soup was a more important factor in life than a clear conscience Picture Quote #1

He seems the incarnation of everything soft and silky and velvety, without a sharp edge in his composition, a dreamer whose philosophy is sleep and let sleep Picture Quote #1

It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all Picture Quote #1

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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) You needn’t tell me that a man who doesn’t love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He’s simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) But, good gracious, you’ve got to educate him first. You can’t expect a boy to be vicious till he’s been to a good school (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) It is an admitted fact that the ordinary tomtit of commerce has a sounder aesthetic taste than the average female relative in the country (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) People talk vaguely about the innocence of a little child, but they take mighty good care not to let it out of their sight for twenty minutes (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) No one has ever said it, but how painfully true it is that the poor have us always with them (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren’t respectable live beyond other people’s; a few gifted individuals manage to do both (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) If he had unlimited money at his disposal, he might go into the wilds somewhere and shoot big game. I never know what the big game have done to deserve it, but they do help to deflect the destructive energies of some of our social misfits (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) A beautifully constructed borshch, such as you are going to experience presently, ought not only to banish conversation but almost to annihilate thought (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) There was something alike terrifying and piteous in the spectacle of these frail old morsels of humanity consecrating their last flickering energies to the task of making each other wretched. Hatred seemed to be the one faculty which had survived in undiminished vigor where all else was dropping into ordered and symmetrical decay (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) There is no easy in the world neither hard everything is the same in a way (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) I believe I once considerably scandalized her by declaring that clear soup was a more important factor in life than a clear conscience (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) He seems the incarnation of everything soft and silky and velvety, without a sharp edge in his composition, a dreamer whose philosophy is sleep and let sleep (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes) It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all (Hector Hugh Munro Quotes)

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