The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

Quote by Hector Hugh Munro

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He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in...

He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in...

He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not...

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not...

Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.

Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood...

Hors d'oeuvres have always a pathetic interest for me; they remind me of one's childhood...

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian Apologists have left one nothing to...

No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian Apologists have left one nothing to...

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good...

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good...