Maxioms by Saki
In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.
In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.
The cat of the slums and alleys, starved, outcast, harried,... still displays the self- reliant watchfulness which man has never read more
The cat of the slums and alleys, starved, outcast, harried,... still displays the self- reliant watchfulness which man has never taught it to lay aside.
All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage read more
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.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a lot of explanations.
Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
