E. V. Lucas Quotations

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

Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!

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

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

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

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.

Readers of novels are a strange folk, upon whose probable or even possible tastes no wise book-maker would ever venture to bet.

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

There are two words for everything.

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.