The Unbearable Bassington Quotes

“I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.”
― Saki, The Unbearable Bassington

“I'm living so far beyond my means that we may almost be said to be living apart.”
― Saki, The Unbearable Bassington

“It was a fresh rain-repentant afternoon, following a morning that had been sultry and torrentially wet by turns; the sort of afternoon that impels people to talk graciously of the rain as having done a lot of good, its chief merit in their eyes probably having been its recognition of the art of moderation.”
― Saki, The Unbearable Bassington

“Pluralism is a merciful narcotic.”
― Saki, The Unbearable Bassington

“With due deference to an esteemed lyrical authority one may safely say that a sorrow’s crown of sorrow is anticipating unhappier things.”
― Saki, The Unbearable Bassington

“What she tried to label honesty in his candour was probably only a cynical defiance of the laws of right and wrong.”
― Saki, The Unbearable Bassington