Ernest Bramah Quotes

Ernest Bramah — English Writer born on March 20, 1868, died on June 27, 1942

Ernest Bramah, born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author. He published 21 books and numerous short stories and features. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome, and W.W. Jacobs, his detective stories with Conan Doyle, his politico-science fiction with H.G. Wells and his supernatural stories with Algernon Blackwood. George Orwell acknowledged that Bramah's book, What Might Have Been, influenced his Nineteen Eighty-Four. Bramah created the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados... (wikipedia)

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in reality be digging a pit.