Ernest Bramah: Timing

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

Ernest Bramah: 52 quotes2 likes

“However deep you dig a well it affords no refuge in the time of flood.”

Ernest Bramah book Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat

The Story of Tong So, the Averter of Calamities
Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (1928)

“It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea-shops.”

Ernest Bramah book The Wallet of Kai Lung

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

“He who has failed three times sets up as an instructor.”

Ernest Bramah book Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat

The Story of Lin Ho and the Treasure of Fang-Tso
Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (1928)

“"When an alluring woman comes in at the door," warningly traced the austere Kien-fi on the margin of his well-known essay, "discretion may be found up the chimney". It is incredible that beneath this ever-timely reminder an obscure disciple should have added the words: "The wiser the sage, the more profound the folly."”

Ernest Bramah book Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree

The Story of the Poet Lao Ping, Chun Shin's Daughter Fa, and the Fighting Crickets
Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree (1940)

“There are few situations in life that cannot be honourably settled, and without loss of time, either by suicide, a bag of gold, or by thrusting a despised antagonist over the edge of a precipice upon a dark night.”

The Story of Hien and the Chief Examiner
Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922)