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To be among people who are smothered in furs when one hasn't any oneself makes one want to break most of the Commandments.
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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It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.
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Once a female, always a female. Nature is not always infallible but she always abides by her mistakes.
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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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