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Hector Hugh Munro quotes: You evidently feel that brevity is the soul of widowhood.

You evidently feel that brevity is the soul of widowhood.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect.

His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It is an admitted fact that the ordinary tomtit of commerce has a sounder aesthetic taste than the average female relative in the country.

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 quotes: Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to talk English.

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 quotes: It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: I always say beauty is only sin deep.

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Mother, may I go and maffick, Tear around and hinder traffic?

Mother, may I go and maffick, Tear around and hinder traffic?

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die.

People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The man is a common murderer. A common murderer, possible, but a very uncommon cook.

The man is a common murderer. A common murderer, possible, but a very uncommon cook.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: I believe I once considerably scandalized her by declaring that clear soup was a more important factor in life than a clear conscience.

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 quotes: The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends ...

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends ...

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions.

Life is full of its disappointments, and I suppose the art of being happy is to disguise them as illusions.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Sherard Blaw, the dramatist who had discovered himself, and who had given so ungrudgingly of his discovery to the world.

Sherard Blaw, the dramatist who had discovered himself, and who had given so ungrudgingly of his discovery to the world.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Monogamy is the Western custom of one wife and hardly any mistresses.

Monogamy is the Western custom of one wife and hardly any mistresses.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Hating anything in the way of ill-natured gossip ourselves, we are always grateful to those who do it for us and do it well.

Hating anything in the way of ill-natured gossip ourselves, we are always grateful to those who do it for us and do it well.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all.

It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Children are given us to discourage our better emotions.

Children are given us to discourage our better emotions.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Her frocks are built in Paris, but she wears them with a strong English accent.

Her frocks are built in Paris, but she wears them with a strong English accent.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: I hate babies. They're so human.

I hate babies. They're so human.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Find yourself a cup of tea, the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.

Find yourself a cup of tea, the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.

Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: To be among people who are smothered in furs when one hasn't any oneself makes one want to break most of the Commandments.

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 quotes: Once a female, always a female. Nature is not always infallible but she always abides by her mistakes.

Once a female, always a female. Nature is not always infallible but she always abides by her mistakes.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage.

Sophie Chattel-Monkheim was a Socialist by conviction and a Chattel-Monkheim by marriage.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time.

The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both.

All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both.

Hector Hugh Munro quotes: No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian Apologists have left one nothing to disbelieve.

No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian Apologists have left one nothing to disbelieve.