Sherard Blaw, the dramatist who had discovered himself, and who had given so ungrudgingly of his discovery to the world. Hector Hugh Munro More Quotes by Hector Hugh Munro More Quotes From Hector Hugh Munro Monogamy is the Western custom of one wife and hardly any mistresses. Hector Hugh Munro mistresswifedrinking The cat of the slums and alleys, starved, outcast, harried, still keeps amid the prowlings of its adversity the bold, free, panther-tread with which it paced of yore the temple courts of Thebes, still displays the self-reliant watchfulness which man has never taught it to lay aside. Hector Hugh Munro adversitycatmen 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 importantfoodbelieve It was one thing to go to the end of the world; it was quite another thing to make oneself at home there. Even respectability seemed to lose some of its virtue when one practiced it in a tent. Hector Hugh Munro tentshomeworld On horseback he seemed to require as many hands as a Hindu god, at least four for clutching the reins, and two more for patting the horse soothingly on the neck. Hector Hugh Munro horsetwohands Why are women so fond of raking up the past? They're as bad as tailors, who invariably remember what you owe them for a suit long after you've ceased to wear it. Hector Hugh Munro tailorslongpast 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 sightchildrenpeople Whenever a massacre of Armenians is reported from Asia Minor, every one assumes that it has been carried out "under orders" from somewhere or another; no one seems to think that there are people who might like to kill their neighbours now and then. Hector Hugh Munro orderpeoplethinking 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 catsleepphilosophy I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word. Hector Hugh Munro last-wordslastshate The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally. Hector Hugh Munro cretepeople Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions. Hector Hugh Munro disappointmentlife-isart A relative of mine ... spends his time producing improved breeds of sheep and pigs and chickens. So patronising and irritating to teh Almighty, I should think. Hector Hugh Munro sheeppigsthinking When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift. Hector Hugh Munro charitygivingpeople Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born. Hector Hugh Munro borncommunismmade 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 ordinaryaveragecountry I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to talk English. Hector Hugh Munro sarcasmsarcasticfunny Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage. Hector Hugh Munro sophieconvictionbook A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it. Hector Hugh Munro cathusbandlong To be among people who are smothered in furs when one hasn't any oneself makes one want to break most of the Commandments. Hector Hugh Munro furwantpeople
