17 ordspråk av H. H. Munro
H. H. Munro
H. H. Munro föddes den December 18th 1870 och dog den 13 November 1916
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 A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. |
| A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mouse long after she's killed it |
| All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both |
| Beauty is only sin deep |
| Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance |
| Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. |
| Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're stillborn |
| His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect |
| I might have been a goldfish in a glass bowl for all the privacy I got |
| I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong thing correctly |
| In baiting a mouse-trap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse |
| People yield more consideration to a mutilated mealtime or a broken night's rest than ever they would to a broken heart. |
| The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go she went |
| The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience; you get the mediaeval picturesqueness of the one with the modern conveniences of the other |
| The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally |
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Proverb (1469528 st) Search
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Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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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.
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