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| Saki was the pen-name
of Hector Hugo Munro |
| Killed in the Great
European War of 1914-1918 |
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"A
little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation."
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"I
believe I take precedence,'
he said coldly; 'you are merely the club Bore: I
am the club Liar.' "
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"I
always say beauty is only sin deep. "
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"But,
good gracious, you've got to educate him first.
You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been
to a good school."
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"Waldo
is one of those people who would be enormously improved
by death. "
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"All
decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays,
and those who aren't respectable live beyond other
people's. A few gifted individuals manage to do
both. "
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"I
think she must have been very strictly brought up,
she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing
correctly. "
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"Children
are given to us to discourage our better emotions."
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"It's
the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.
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"You
can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm
of the angels over the prodigal's return. "
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"Every
reformation must have its victims. "
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