12 ordspråk av Sir Alan P. Herbert
Sir Alan P. Herbert
Sir Alan P. Herbert föddes den September 24th 1890 och dog den 11 November 1971 - English writer
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 A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso. |
| An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected.. |
| An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose. |
| Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, / For mother will be there. |
| 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 which could not be extracted from them by robbery or murder. 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 behavior not otherwise excusable. |
| I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. there must be some scum. |
| Not huffy or stuffy, nor tiny or tall, / But fluffy, just fluffy, with no brains at all. |
| Nothing is wasted, nothing is in vain: / The seas roll over but the rocks remain. |
| Other people's babies - / That's my life! / Mother to dozens, / And nobody's wife. |
| People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any act of Parliament. |
| This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade. |
| Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. |
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varav 1407627 på engelska
Proverb (1469536 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Det är julafton om 38 dagar!
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
Det är julafton om 38 dagar!
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Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
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