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Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.
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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The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories.
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But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.
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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
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