Human nature is rarely so amusing as when trying to get a house off its hands. Women at this task can be untruthful enough, but their untruth lacks the infusion of candor which a skillful male liar can introduce.
E. V. LucasIn betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.
E. V. LucasTo set but a low value upon toast is to expose one's deficiencies in right appreciation.
E. V. LucasThe truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.
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