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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
Hector Hugh Munro
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Hector Hugh Munro
Age: 45 †
Born: 1870
Born: December 18
Died: 1916
Died: November 13
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By insisting on having your bottle pointing to the north when the cork is being drawn, and calling the waiter Max, you may induce an impression on your guests which hours of laboured boasting might be powerless to achieve. For this purpose, however, the guests must be chosen as carefully as the wine.
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The man is a common murderer. A common murderer, possible, but a very uncommon cook.
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The cook was a good cook, as cooks go and as cooks go, she went.
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