Maxioms by Margery Allingham
When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the read more
When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.
He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding read more
He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things.
When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that read more
When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that up and drop it on the bricks, don't you think?
If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance
If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance
once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything read more
once to get my meaning down, once to put in anything I have left out, once to take out anything that seems unnecessary, and once to make the whole thing sound as if I have only just thought of it.
