Quote#Hope
Temptations came to him, in middle age, tentatively and without…
Quote bySaki · 1870–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reginald in Russia (1910), "The Reticence of Lady Anne".
English (original)
Temptations came to him, in middle age, tentatively and without insistence, like a neglected butcher-boy who asks for a Christmas box in February for no more hopeful reason than that he didn't get one in December.
— Saki
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