"Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to……" — A. P. Herbert
"Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking at sandpits or tussocks of grass, and muttering in a blind, ungovernable fury elaborate maledictions which could not be extracted from them by robbery or murder. Men who would face torture without a word become blasphemous at the short fourteenth. It is clear that the game of golf may well be included in that category of intolerable provocations which may legally excuse or mitigate behavior not otherwise excusable."
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22 Quotes by A. P. Herbert
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aven, I have given up smoking again!... God! I feel fit. Homicidal, but fit. A different man. Irritable, moody, depressed,…
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My ball is in a bunch of fern, A jolly place to be; An angry man is close astern- He…
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Let's find out what everyone is doing, And then stop everyone from doing it.
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An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
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