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E. V. Lucas quotes: To set but a low value upon toast is to expose one's deficiencies in right appreciation.

To set but a low value upon toast is to expose one's deficiencies in right appreciation.

E. V. Lucas quotes: There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

E. V. Lucas quotes: In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.

In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.

E. V. Lucas quotes: The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek.

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

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

E. V. Lucas quotes: I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely

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

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 quotes: People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so; they are called dwellers sur la branche.

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 quotes: You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.

You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.

E. V. Lucas quotes: There are two words for everything.

There are two words for everything.

E. V. Lucas quotes: The trouble with marriage is that, while every woman is at heart a mother, every man is at heart a bachelor.

The trouble with marriage is that, while every woman is at heart a mother, every man is at heart a bachelor.

E. V. Lucas quotes: The art of life is to show your hand.

The art of life is to show your hand.

E. V. Lucas quotes: A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action.

A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action.

E. V. Lucas quotes: Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.

Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.

E. V. Lucas quotes: Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.

Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.

E. V. Lucas quotes: Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.

Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.

E. V. Lucas quotes: Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

E. V. Lucas quotes: There is no diplomacy like candor.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

E. V. Lucas quotes: Nothing is wasted.

Nothing is wasted.

E. V. Lucas quotes: Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

E. V. Lucas quotes: What is literature compared with cooking? The one is shadow, the other is substance.

What is literature compared with cooking? The one is shadow, the other is substance.

E. V. Lucas quotes: A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable.

A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable.

E. V. Lucas quotes: The noise from good toast should reverberate in the head like the thunder of July.

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