Showing posts with label There is no police like Holmes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label There is no police like Holmes. Show all posts

September 17, 2009

Be it ever so humble – or not

QUOTE:

“Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.”
       John Howard Payne (1791-1852)
       U.S.-born expatriate actor and songwriter
       From his song “Home, Sweet, Home” (1823)

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COUNTERQUOTE:

“Though he might be more humble, there is no police like Holmes.”
       E.W. Hornung (1866-1921)
       British novelist known for his gentleman-burglar Raffles series
       Hornung was brother-in-law of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, 
        Arthur Conan Doyle, who noted the pun in his autobiography

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