
“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
Source: Demon Lord of Karanda
“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.”
West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Utilities Commission (No.2), 294 U.S. 79, 82, (1935)
Judicial opinions
“The white sheet of repentance is a very poor substitute for a mainsail.”
On the reunion of the Liberal Party; speech to the Oxford University New Reform Club (22 June 1923), quoted in John Campbell, Lloyd George: The Goat in the Wilderness, 1922–1931 (1977), p. 69
Leader of the National Liberal Party
“[Irene] hated trusting to luck. It was no substitute for good planning and careful preparation.”
Source: The Masked City (2015), Chapter 11 (p. 141)
“Rich People plan for three generations
Poor people plan for Saturday night”
State of the Art (2000)
August Chapter The Peverel Papers - A yearbook of the countryside ed Julian Shuckburgh Century Hutchinson 1986
The Peverel Papers