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> [Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/life-would-be-very-pleasant-if-it-were-not-for-its-enjoyments/)

[Robert Smith Surtees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith-surtees/)

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## More by Robert Smith Surtees

> [Some think that people come to a ball to do nothing but dance; whereas everyone knows that the real business of a ball is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/some-think-that-people-come-to-a-ball-to-do-nothing-but-dance-whereas/)

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> [There is no secret closer than what passes between a man and his horse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/there-is-no-secret-closer-than-what-passes-between-a-man-and-his-horse/)

[Robert Smith Surtees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith-surtees/)

> [More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/more-people-are-flattered-into-virtue-than-bullied-out-of-vice/)

[Robert Smith Surtees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith-surtees/)

> [Three things I never lends - my 'oss, my wife, and my name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/three-things-i-never-lends-my-oss-my-wife-and-my-name/)

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> [The horse loves the hound, and I loves both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/the-horse-loves-the-hound-and-i-loves-both/)

[Robert Smith Surtees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith-surtees/)

> [No one knows how ungentlemanly he can look, until he has seen himself in a shocking bad hat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/no-one-knows-how-ungentlemanly-he-can-look-until-he-has-seen-himself/)

[Robert Smith Surtees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith-surtees/)

> [No man rides harder than my Lord Scamperdale - always goes as if he had a spare neck in his pocket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/no-man-rides-harder-than-my-lord-scamperdale-always-goes-as-if-he-had/)

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> [Better be killed than frightened to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/better-be-killed-than-frightened-to-death/)

[Robert Smith Surtees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith-surtees/)

> [The country has its charms-cheapness for one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/the-country-has-its-charms-cheapness-for-one/)

[Robert Smith Surtees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith-surtees/)

> [Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/life-would-be-very-pleasant-if-it-were-not-for-its-enjoyments/)

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> [Women never look so well as when one comes in wet and dirty from hunting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/women-never-look-so-well-as-when-one-comes-in-wet-and-dirty-from/)

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> [The supply of good fellows is by no means in excess of the demand. A man has only to hoist the flag of hospitality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/the-supply-of-good-fellows-is-by-no-means-in-excess-of-the-demand-a/)

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> [It ar'n't that I loves the fox less, but that I loves the 'ound more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/it-ar-n-t-that-i-loves-the-fox-less-but-that-i-loves-the-ound-more/)

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> [It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/it-is-an-inwariable-rule-with-the-dealers-to-praise-the-bad-points/)

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> [There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith-surtees/there-are-three-sorts-of-lawyers-able-unable-and-lamentable/)

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