Ernest Bramah: Quotes about personality

Ernest Bramah was English author. Explore interesting quotes on personality.

Ernest Bramah: 52 quotes2 likes

“Should a person on returning from the city discover his house to be in flames, let him examine well the change which he has received from the chair-carrier before it is too late; for evil never travels alone.”

Ernest Bramah book The Wallet of Kai Lung

The Career of the Charitable Quen-Ki-Tong
The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)

“Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features lest you find, when too late, that it is one to whom you are indebted for double that amount.”

Ernest Bramah book The Wallet of Kai Lung

The Confession of Kai Lung
The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)

“It is well said: 'He who lacks a single tael sees many bargains,'" replied Sun Wei, a refined bitterness weighing the import of his words. "Truly this person's friends in the Upper Air are a never-failing lantern behind his back.”

The Story of Ning, the Captive God, and the Dreams that Mark his Race
Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922)

“When Ling was communicating to any person the signs by which messengers might find him, he was compelled to add, "the neighbourhood in which this contemptible person resides is that officially known as 'the mean quarter favoured by the lower class of those who murder by treachery'," and for this reason he was not always treated with the regard to which his attainments entitled him, or which he would have unquestionably received had he been able to describe himself as of "the partly-drained and uninfected area reserved to Mandarins and their friends."”

Ernest Bramah book The Wallet of Kai Lung

The Transmutation of Ling
The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)

“In his countenance this person read an expression of no-encouragement towards his venture.”

Ernest Bramah book The Wallet of Kai Lung

The Confession of Kai Lung
The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)

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

Ernest Bramah book The Wallet of Kai Lung

The Transmutation of Ling
The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)