I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly. -H. H. Munro

 

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.


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Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance.

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I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to talk English.

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A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it. -H. H. Munro
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I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly.

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All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both.

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