E. V. Lucas

Writer

1868-06-11

Quotes by E. V. Lucas

• The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.

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• There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

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• The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek.

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• Readers of novels are a strange folk, upon whose probable or even possible tastes no wise book-maker would ever venture to bet.

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• The noise from good toast should reverberate in the head like the thunder of July.

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• Every saint has a bee in his halo.

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