JOHN GALSWORTHY'S HUMOUR
" Thero is nothing like the sins of your neighbours for concealing the sins of your own."
" I find it safest to assume that every man is a gentleman and every woman a lady." " Let's see—what do I owo you V " It so 'appens, you advanced me today's yesterday." " Then I suppose you want to-morrow's to-day ?" " What do you think of me ?" " Well—l've never thought about the origin of species." " Are your feet wet? Sit down and take them off."
The modern girl is a perfectly natural product." " Well—with additions." " Snoring is not an infallible test of sex."
" I havo always sympathised with canaries—expected to sing, and so permanently yellow!"
" Weren't you at school with my brother?" "Very likely. I was at school with an awful lot of brothers."
" I always say that when you begin to tell the truth it doesn't do to stop sudden."
" I paid half in cash and half in promises."
" Arc we going/to supper before or after the theatre V' " Both!"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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168JOHN GALSWORTHY'S HUMOUR New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 6 (Supplement)
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