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E.F. Benson quotes: He deceived me by telling the truth.

He deceived me by telling the truth.

E.F. Benson quotes: Vermouth always makes me brilliant unless it makes me idiotic.

Vermouth always makes me brilliant unless it makes me idiotic.

E.F. Benson quotes: The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other.

The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other.

E.F. Benson quotes: post-prandial hour. But oftener than not when these occasions occurred,

post-prandial hour. But oftener than not when these occasions occurred,

E.F. Benson quotes: He exhibited three portraits, each a masterpiece, which killed every picture within range.

He exhibited three portraits, each a masterpiece, which killed every picture within range.

E.F. Benson quotes: Bits of exultation kept peeping out, and Lucia kept poking them back.

Bits of exultation kept peeping out, and Lucia kept poking them back.

E.F. Benson quotes: When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

E.F. Benson quotes: and it is only in loneliness, as Goethe says, that your perceptions put forth their flowers.

and it is only in loneliness, as Goethe says, that your perceptions put forth their flowers.

E.F. Benson quotes: Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.

Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.

E.F. Benson quotes: An idea so luminous flashed across her brain that she almost thought the room had leaped into light.

An idea so luminous flashed across her brain that she almost thought the room had leaped into light.

E.F. Benson quotes: No proper person fusses about death; that's a train which we are all sure to catch.

No proper person fusses about death; that's a train which we are all sure to catch.