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Saki quotes: if you don't find a loyal one in the world you be the one

if you don't find a loyal one in the world you be the one

Saki quotes: She was one of those who shape their opinions rather readily from the standpoint of those around them.

She was one of those who shape their opinions rather readily from the standpoint of those around them.

Saki quotes: Laurence was an artist-chap, just that and nothing more, though you might make it sound more important by calling him an animal painter;

Laurence was an artist-chap, just that and nothing more, though you might make it sound more important by calling him an animal painter;

Saki quotes: I'm living so far beyond my means that we may almost be said to be living apart.

I'm living so far beyond my means that we may almost be said to be living apart.

Saki quotes: He nurse the illusion that he is one of the lost arms of the Venus de Milo, and hopes that the French Government may be persuaded to buy him.

He nurse the illusion that he is one of the lost arms of the Venus de Milo, and hopes that the French Government may be persuaded to buy him.

Saki quotes: On all other subjects I believe he is tolerably sane.

On all other subjects I believe he is tolerably sane.

Saki quotes: Even the hooligan was probably invented in China centuries before we thought of him.

Even the hooligan was probably invented in China centuries before we thought of him.

Saki quotes: I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word.

I hate posterity - it's so fond of having the last word.

Saki quotes: Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal's return.

Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal's return.

Saki quotes: She looks as if she might have created the world in six days and destroyed it on the seventh.

She looks as if she might have created the world in six days and destroyed it on the seventh.

Saki quotes: The English have a proverb, 'Conscience makes cowboys of us all'.

The English have a proverb, 'Conscience makes cowboys of us all'.

Saki quotes: Clovis believed that if a lie was worth telling it was worth telling well.

Clovis believed that if a lie was worth telling it was worth telling well.

Saki quotes: A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

Saki quotes: Cats have nine lives, you know," said Sir Wilfrid heartily."Possibly," answered Tobermory; "but only one liver.

Cats have nine lives, you know," said Sir Wilfrid heartily.
"Possibly," answered Tobermory; "but only one liver.

Saki quotes: Never," wrote Reginald to his most darling friend, "be a pioneer. It's the Early Christian that gets the fattest lion.

Never," wrote Reginald to his most darling friend, "be a pioneer. It's the Early Christian that gets the fattest lion.

Saki quotes: 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.

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.

Saki quotes: If he was trying German irregular verbs on the poor beast," said Clovis, "he deserved all he got.

If he was trying German irregular verbs on the poor beast," said Clovis, "he deserved all he got.

Saki quotes: One can discourage too much history in one's family, but one cannot always prevent geography.

One can discourage too much history in one's family, but one cannot always prevent geography.

Saki quotes: For he was a god who laid some special stress on the fierce impatient side of things ...

For he was a god who laid some special stress on the fierce impatient side of things ...

Saki quotes: I regard one's hair as I regard husbands: as long as one is seen together in public one's private divergences don't matter.

I regard one's hair as I regard husbands: as long as one is seen together in public one's private divergences don't matter.

Saki quotes: The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.

The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.

Saki quotes: When one has nothing left to one but memories, one guards and dusts them with especial care.

When one has nothing left to one but memories, one guards and dusts them with especial care.

Saki quotes: I've a sweet temper, but I can't stand being agreed with.

I've a sweet temper, but I can't stand being agreed with.

Saki quotes: The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

Saki quotes: Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

Saki quotes: It was the happiest Christmas Eve he had ever spent. To quote his own words, he had a rotten Christmas.

It was the happiest Christmas Eve he had ever spent. To quote his own words, he had a rotten Christmas.

Saki quotes: Romance at short notice was her specialty.

Romance at short notice was her specialty.

Saki quotes: Pluralism is a merciful narcotic.

Pluralism is a merciful narcotic.

Saki quotes: To say that anything was a quotation was an excellent method, in Eleanor's eyes, for withdrawing it from discussion,

To say that anything was a quotation was an excellent method, in Eleanor's eyes, for withdrawing it from discussion,

Saki quotes: In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

Saki quotes: There is no easy in the world neither hard everything is the same in a way.

There is no easy in the world neither hard everything is the same in a way.

Saki quotes: He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

Saki quotes: When love is over, how little of love even the lover understands," quoted Clovis to himself.

When love is over, how little of love even the lover understands," quoted Clovis to himself.

Saki quotes: Neither man was talkative and each was grateful to the other for not being talkative. That is why from time to time they talked.

Neither man was talkative and each was grateful to the other for not being talkative. That is why from time to time they talked.

Saki quotes: It was decorated with Japanese fans and Chinese lanterns, which gave it a very Old English effect.

It was decorated with Japanese fans and Chinese lanterns, which gave it a very Old English effect.

Saki quotes: This story has no moral. If it points out an evil at any rate it suggests no remedy.

This story has no moral. If it points out an evil at any rate it suggests no remedy.

Saki quotes: The grill-room clock struck eleven with the respectful unobtrusiveness of one whose mission in life is to be ignored.

The grill-room clock struck eleven with the respectful unobtrusiveness of one whose mission in life is to be ignored.

Saki quotes: Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

Saki quotes: To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening.

To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening.

Saki quotes: The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went.

The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went.

Saki quotes: The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.

The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.

Saki quotes: Do one thing for me, Sredni Vashtar.

Do one thing for me, Sredni Vashtar.