Readers of novels are a strange folk, upon whose probable or even possible tastes no wise book-maker would ever venture to bet. E. V. Lucas More Quotes by E. V. Lucas More Quotes From E. V. Lucas The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception. E. V. Lucas losslifeart Every cat is really the most beautiful woman in the room. E. V. Lucas beautiful-womencatbeautiful I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them. E. V. Lucas procrastinationtimepeople What is literature compared with cooking? The one is shadow, the other is substance. E. V. Lucas shadowcookingfood There are two words for everything. E. V. Lucas writingtwo Every saint has a bee in his halo. E. V. Lucas halossaintbees-and-honey Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular. E. V. Lucas accustomedwomenmen I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely E. V. Lucas punctualitybelieverlonely One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams. E. V. Lucas dreamadventurelove The trouble with marriage is that, while every woman is at heart a mother, every man is at heart a bachelor. E. V. Lucas motherheartmen A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable. E. V. Lucas uniquedoemen 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. E. V. Lucas ethicsriskhonesty Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle. E. V. Lucas workcharactermen People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche. E. V. Lucas phrasesrootspeople 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. E. V. Lucas natureliarshands The noise from good toast should reverberate in the head like the thunder of July. E. V. Lucas julynoisefood The art of life is to show your hand. E. V. Lucas lifehandsart The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek. E. V. Lucas greeklatineducation 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! E. V. Lucas haigwarmean You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. E. V. Lucas now-and-thenlossmay
