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J. Meade Falkner Quotes

1858–1932 England

John Meade Falkner (8 May 1858 – 22 July 1932) was an English novelist and poet, best known for his 1898 novel Moonfleet. An extremely successful businessman, he became chairman of the arms manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War.

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He might have spoken to a deaf man for all he moved his judge; and Elzevir's answer was to cock the pistol and prime the powder in the pan.

Moonfleet (1898)

Ita in vita ut in lusu alae pessima jactura arte corrigenda est.
As in life, so in a game of hazard, skill will make something of the worst of throws.

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