Death of an Honest Man Quotes

“Look for me by moonlight; Watch for me by moonlight; I’ll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way! —Alfred Noyes”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of an Honest Man

“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. —Groucho Marx”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of an Honest Man

“Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised and a little mistaken. —Jane Austen”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of an Honest Man

“She was poor but she was honest, Victim of a rich man’s game. First he loved her, then he left her, And she lost her maiden name. It’s the same the whole world over, It’s the poor wot gets the blame, It’s the rich wot gets the gravy. Ain’t it all a bleedin’ shame! —Military song, First World War”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of an Honest Man

“Rummel, rummel roond the gums. Look out stomach, here it comes!”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of an Honest Man

“The best laid schemes o’ mice and men,”
― M.C. Beaton, Death of an Honest Man