"Men who would face torture without a word……" — A. P. Herbert
"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 behaviour not otherwise excusable."
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A. P. Herbert
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22 Quotes by A. P. Herbert
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An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected.
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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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Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.
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The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.
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As my poor father used to say In 1963, Once people start on all this Art Goodbye, moralitee! And what…
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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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Harriet, Hi! Light of my eye! Come to the pictures and have a good cry, For it's jolly old Saturday,…
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The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'.
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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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Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Fancy giving money to…
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If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
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