English - Novelist | September 24, 1890 - November 11, 1971
The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
A. P. Herbert
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The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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Let's find out what everyone is doing, And then stop everyone from doing it.
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A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
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This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade.
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People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament.
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The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
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The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.
CriticalMatrimonyPeriod
A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
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If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
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An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
PurposeNeverNobleHimselfExcept
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