Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Hector Hugh Munro Quotes: Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.
         

Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.


Hector Hugh Munro
Check all other quotes by Hector Hugh Munro

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Hector Hugh Munro Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Tue. 17 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Every-reformation-must-have-its-victims-You-640930>.





Check out


Other quotes of Hector Hugh Munro


It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.



Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more.



Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.

Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.



He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.

He spends his life explaining from his pulpit that the glory of Christianity consists in the fact that though it is not true it has been found necessary to invent it.



A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.



Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts.



Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Women and elephants never forget an injury.



The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends.

The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends.



Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.

Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.



You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.





Other quotes you may like



More people have died in the name of religion than have ever died of cancer. And we try to cure cancer... What makes us take up arms against those who pray to the same God with different words?

More people have died in the name of religion than have ever died of cancer. And we try to cure cancer... What makes us take up arms against those who pray to the same God with different words?



One of the most surprising forms of nonverbal communication is the way we automatically adjust the amount of time we spend looking into another's eyes as a function of our relative social position.

One of the most surprising forms of nonverbal communication is the way we automatically adjust the amount of time we spend looking into another's eyes as a function of our relative social position.



Fast movement during exercise does not produce fast muscles, or strong muscles, or large muscles, it produces only one thing, a thing to be avoided, it produces injuries.

Fast movement during exercise does not produce fast muscles, or strong muscles, or large muscles, it produces only one thing, a thing to be avoided, it produces injuries.



Understand your limitations and capitalize on them.

Understand your limitations and capitalize on them.



I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.

I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.



That was very rude of me.” “Think nothing of it. You’ve done worse.

That was very rude of me.” “Think nothing of it. You’ve done worse.



The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.



Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death.

Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death.



As writers, we're always trying to connect with the audience on a visceral level. We usually do that through drama, through emotion or through humor.

As writers, we're always trying to connect with the audience on a visceral level. We usually do that through drama, through emotion or through humor.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Every reformation must have its victims. You can’t expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.". Author of this quote is Hector Hugh Munro. This quote is about return, angel, share, reformation, enthusiasm,.