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Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.

- Noel Coward

Love, Country, One Day, Unbelievable

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

- Noel Coward

Love, Criticism, I Love, Unqualified

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

- Noel Coward

Memory, Fact, Like, Elephants

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday.

- Noel Coward

Next, Income, Only, Object

Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.

- Noel Coward

Exercise, Squash

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.

- Noel Coward

Work, Motivation, Think, Friday

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

- Noel Coward

Never, Through, Either, First Class

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

- Noel Coward

Honesty, How, Few, Discouraging

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

- Noel Coward

Honesty, Think, How, Discouraging

I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.

- Noel Coward

Thought, Sometimes, Again, Marrying

Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.

- Noel Coward

Her, Like, Took, Bosom

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

- Noel Coward

Drop, Hours, Touching, Drinker

Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

- Noel Coward

She, Looks, Been, Mona

There's always something fishy about the French.

- Noel Coward

Something, Always, About, French

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

- Noel Coward

Treat, Never, Wit, Ought

Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.

- Noel Coward

Assessed, Works, Adequately, Suspect

That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together.

- Noel Coward

Strength, Splendid, Lives, Together

My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.

- Noel Coward

Mind, Certainly, Wandered, Uneasy

Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.

- Noel Coward

Furniture, Trip, Over, Lines

Work is much more fun than fun.

- Noel Coward

Work, More, Than, Fun

The higher the building the lower the morals.

- Noel Coward

Building, Morals, Lower, Higher

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.

- Noel Coward

Mind, Never, Some, Dear

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.

- Noel Coward

Opera, Say, Used, They Say

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

- Noel Coward

Believe, Failures, About, Astrology

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

- Noel Coward

Annoy, Like, Walks, Taken

We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?

- Noel Coward

Reliable, Will, Than, Afterlife

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

- Noel Coward

Music, Extraordinary, How, Cheap

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