“The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.”
Lord Hornblower (1946), p. 52.
Cecil Scott Forester , escritor británico afamado por su saga sobre la marina real en la Guerras Napoleónicas de la mano de su protagonista Horacio Hornblower y guionista de Hollywood. Wikipedia
“The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.”
Lord Hornblower (1946), p. 52.
“When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.”
The African Queen (1935)
That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.
A Ship of the Line (1938)