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Famous Quotes by Edward Verrall Lucas

Famous quotes by the English essayist and author, Edward Verrall Lucas. He was born in 1868 and died in 1938.

The best committee is a committee of two when one is absent.

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

People who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

The art of life is to be so well known at a good restaurant that you can pay with a cheque.

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

My desire, without any wish to make anybody's hair stand on end or flesh creep, is to call a spade a spade.

Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, mediocre ones on their beauty.

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