33 Quotes by Edward Verrall Lucas

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.

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.

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

I am a believer in punctuality though it makes me very lonely.

Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.

The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. 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.

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.

There are two words for everything.