Quotes from E. V. Lucas

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

Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.

In betting on races, there are two elements that are never lacking - hope as hope, and an incomplete recollection of the past.

Nothing is wasted.

You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.

Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.

The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.

Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.

The 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.

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.

There are two words for everything.

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.

One of the most adventurous things left is to go to bed, for no one can lay a hand on our dreams.

Every cat is really the most beautiful woman in the room.

A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable.

Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.

The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.

Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.

One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.