Edward Verrall Lucas, CH (1868–1938) was an English humorist, essayist, playwright, biographer, publisher, poet, novelist, short story writer and editor. Born to a Quaker family on the fringes of London, Lucas began work at the age of sixteen, apprenticed to a bookseller. After that he turned to journalism, and worked on a local paper in Brighton and then on a London evening paper. He was commissioned to write a biography of Bernard Barton, the Quaker poet. This led to further commissions, including the editing of the works of Charles Lamb.
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Women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular.
—E. V. Lucas
Topics: Women
The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.
—E. V. Lucas
Topics: Honesty
There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.
—E. V. Lucas
Topics: Manners
Few women and fewer men have enough character to be idle.
—E. V. Lucas
Topics: Idleness
Suspicion of happiness is in our blood.
—E. V. Lucas
Topics: Happiness
I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
—E. V. Lucas
Topics: Punctuality
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