E. V. Lucas
E. V. Lucas
Edward Verrall Lucas, CHwas an English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 June 1868
past two race
In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.
horse eye expression
A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action.
nature liars hands
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.
candor diplomacy
There is no diplomacy like candor.
hype deception boring
Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.
happiness blood suspicion
Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.
food july noise
The noise from good toast should reverberate in the head like the thunder of July.
halos saint bees-and-honey
Every saint has a bee in his halo.
dog lying world
What kind of life a dog . . . acquires. I have sometimes tried to imagine by kneeling or lying full length on the ground and looking up. The world then becomes strangely incomplete; one sees little but legs.
lonely punctuality believer
I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely
love dream adventure
One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
women men accustomed
Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.
education latin greek
The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek.
procrastination people waiting
I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.