Wednesday 8 February 2012

Golden Quotebook (1): Saki on Crete


Alfred B. Mittington’s 
Golden Quotebook (1)




In the light of present developments in Greece, this magnificent line from Hector High Munroe seems worthy of repetition:


The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.

[Saki, ‘The Jesting of Arlington String­ham’, 1908]


Ithaca, 8 February 2012 (blood pressure coming down gradually: 125 / 80)



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