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title: "2 Alan Patrick Herbert Quotes"
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# Alan Patrick Herbert

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Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH, was an English humorist, novelist, playwright, law reformist, and, from 1935 to 1950, an independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University.

##  Quotes by Alan Patrick Herbert

> [The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-patrick-herbert/the-critical-period-in-matrimony-is-breakfast-time/)

[Alan Patrick Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-patrick-herbert/)

[Breakfast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breakfast/)

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> [The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-patrick-herbert/the-conception-of-two-people-living-together-for-twenty-five-years/)

[Alan Patrick Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-patrick-herbert/)

[Five years](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/five-years/)

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