Saki Quotes

"No one has ever said it," observed Lady Caroline, "but how painfully true it is that the poor have us always with them." ~ The Unbearable Bassington by Saki "You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed." ~ The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki "All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other peoples. A few gifted individuals manage to do both." ~ The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki "I wasn't living apart from my husband then; you see, neither of us could afford to make the other a separate allowance. In spite of everything that proverbs may say, poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up." ~ The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki