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> [Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the course of compiling them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/phrase-books-seem-to-be-a-universal-and-eternal-source-of-hilarity/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

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## More by Alice Thomas Ellis

> [There seems to be a peculiar and particular tie between men who have been drunk together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/there-seems-to-be-a-peculiar-and-particular-tie-between-men-who-have/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [“There is no reciprocity. Men love women. Women love children. Children love hamsters. Hamsters don't love anyone; it is quite hopeless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/there-is-no-reciprocity-men-love-women-women-love-children-children/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [“I vividly recall an occasion when the oldest son was starting to crawl. We were sitting in a garden in the country with acres…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/i-vividly-recall-an-occasion-when-the-oldest-son-was-starting-to/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [“They shared an image of the American Christmas--riches, reconciliations, tears, snow, success, sentiment, furs and firs, the shop windows shining like Heaven and everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/they-shared-an-image-of-the-american-christmas-riches-reconciliations/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/those-who-live-on-vanity-must-not-unreasonably-expect-to-die-of/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/phrase-books-seem-to-be-a-universal-and-eternal-source-of-hilarity/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [The snag in being married to a person who knows more or less everything is that one gets hopelessly lazy. ... I never look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/the-snag-in-being-married-to-a-person-who-knows-more-or-less/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [Evil and laughter cannot co-exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/evil-and-laughter-cannot-co-exist/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [There is a hint of despair in the cry of 'I told you so,' an element of disappointment in the apparent satisfaction when idols…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/there-is-a-hint-of-despair-in-the-cry-of-i-told-you-so-an-element-of/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [Claudia's the sort of girl who goes through life holding onto the sides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/claudia-s-the-sort-of-girl-who-goes-through-life-holding-onto-the/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [Our only hope rests on the off-chance that God does exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/our-only-hope-rests-on-the-off-chance-that-god-does-exist/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/men-were-made-for-war-without-it-they-wandered-greyly-about-getting/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [One can get very fond of the people one meets in bars. The trouble is they then appear sort of different in the daylight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/one-can-get-very-fond-of-the-people-one-meets-in-bars-the-trouble-is/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [“There is no relationship. Women, like men, women, children, babies hamsters. This is the Google Translate of the quote in Persian, above.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/there-is-no-relationship-women-like-men-women-children-babies/)

[Alice Thomas Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-thomas-ellis/)

> [“. . to cook well and with imagination you have to be in a cheerful and contented frame of mind, and thus inclined to be generous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-thomas-ellis/to-cook-well-and-with-imagination-you-have-to-be-in-a-cheerful-and/)

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