34 Quotes by Ernest Bramah

It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea-shops.

The inimitable stories of Tong-King never have any real ending, and this one, being in his most elevated style, has even less end than most of them. But the whole narrative is permeated with the odour of joss-sticks and honourable high-mindedness, and the two characters are both of noble birth.

However entrancing it is to wander unchecked through a garden of bright images, are we not enticing your mind from another subject of almost equal importance?

There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold, or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night.

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in Reality be digging a pit.