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
courtesy defence courtesy-manners
There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
unique men doe
A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable.
war mean haig
Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!
loss may now-and-then
You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.
son france distinguished
The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.
mother heart men
The trouble with marriage is that, while every woman is at heart a mother, every man is at heart a bachelor.
honesty risk courageous
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.
wise book venture
Readers of novels are a strange folk, upon whose probable or even possible tastes no wise book-maker would ever venture to bet.
character men enough
Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.
two
There are two words for everything.
roots people guests
People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche.
country people language
Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
life art hands
The art of life is to show your hand.
appreciation lows deficiency
To set but a low value upon toast is to expose one's deficiencies in right appreciation.