C. S. Forester
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C. S. Forester or Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), an English novelist.
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- When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.
- The African Queen (1935)
- "I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower." That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.
- A Ship of the Line (1938)
- The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.
- Commodore Hornblower (1945)
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the lucky manis he who knows how much to leave to chance. It is from Lord Hornblower, not Commodore Hornblower, p.52, Pinnacle Books edition.
