Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Most horror movies are certainly that.
A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.