Creative Quotations from Saki (1870-1916) born on Dec 18 Scottish short-story writer; H. H. Munro wrote fantastic, witty stories about the Edwardian.

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Creative Quotations from Saki (1870-1916) born on Dec 18 Scottish short-story writer; H. H. Munro wrote fantastic, witty stories about the Edwardian social scene in Not So Stories, 1902.

But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first 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. in The Baker's Dozen

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

Never be a pioneer. It's the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

In baiting a mouse trap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.

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