“The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.”
C. S. Forester libro Lord Hornblower
Lord Hornblower (1946), p. 52.
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“The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.”
C. S. Forester libro Lord Hornblower
Lord Hornblower (1946), p. 52.
“When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.”
C. S. Forester libro The African Queen
The African Queen (1935)
C. S. Forester libro A Ship of the Line
A Ship of the Line (1938)
C. S. Forester libro A Ship of the Line
That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.
A Ship of the Line (1938)