Quotes by Anthony Hope

• You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
• His foe was folly and his weapon wit.
• I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.
• I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
• Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?
• Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
• Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
• Good families are generally worse than any others.