E. V. Lucas Quotes - Page 2

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

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  Son, France, Distinguished

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• To set but a low value upon toast is to expose one's deficiencies in right appreciation.

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  Appreciation, Culture, Lows

  Lucas, E. V. (2014). “Fireside and Sunshine”, p.18, Read Books Ltd

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

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  Loss, May, Now And Then

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

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  Past, Gambling, Race

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• What kind of life a dog . . . acquires. I have sometimes tried to imagine by kneeling or lying full length on the ground and looking up. The world then becomes strangely incomplete; one sees little but legs.

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  Dog, Lying, Legs

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• 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!

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  War, Mean, Haig

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