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… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
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… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
The portions of a woman which appeal to man's depravity Are constructed with considerable care. — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected. — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
“At the Theatre: To the Lady Behind Me Dear Madam, you have seen this play; I never saw it till today. You know the… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
As my poor father used to say In 1963, Once people start on all this Art Goodbye, moralitee! And what my father used to… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
The Common Law of England has been laboriously built about a mythical figure-the figure of 'The Reasonable Man'. — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
“Holy Mother we do believe, That without sin Thou didst conceive; May we now in Thee believing, Also sin without conceiving.” — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring these actions… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
aven, I have given up smoking again!... God! I feel fit. Homicidal, but fit. A different man. Irritable, moody, depressed, rude, nervy, perhaps; but… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
There is no reason why a joke should not be appreciated more than once. Imagine how little good music there would be if, for… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
