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
halos saint bees-and-honey
Every saint has a bee in his halo.
son france distinguished
The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.
loss may now-and-then
You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.
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!
country people language
Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
candor diplomacy
There is no diplomacy like candor.
nature liars hands
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.
two
There are two words for everything.
character men enough
Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.
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.
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.
past two race
In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.
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.