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Quotes from Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree — Ernest Bramah

1868–1942 England

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Better a dish of husks to the accompaniment of a muted lute than to be satiated with stewed shark's fin and rich spiced wine of which the cost is frequently mentioned by the provider.

Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree (1940)

"When an alluring woman comes in at the door," warningly traced the austere Kien-fi on the margin of his well-known essay, "discretion may be found up the chimney". It is incredible that beneath this ever-timely reminder an obscure disciple should have added the words: "The wiser the sage, the more profound the folly."

Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree (1940)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ernest Bramah (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.