A. P. Herbert
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"Sir Alan Patrick Herbert" Order of the Companions of Honour/CH was an English humorist, novelist, playwright and law reform activist. He was an Independent (politician)/independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)/Oxford University for 15 years, five of which he combined with service in the Royal Navy.

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A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament.

Not huffy or stuffy, nor tiny or tall, / But fluffy, just fluffy, with no brains at all.

Other people's babies - / That's my life! / Mother to dozens, / And nobody's wife.

An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected..

Nothing is wasted, nothing is in vain: / The seas roll over but the rocks remain.

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.