Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) Quotes

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.

Hector Hugh Munro

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• Man
• Oysters
• Asparagus

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• 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.

  

  Hector Hugh Munro
  • Soul
  • Man
  • Oysters