Hector Hugh Munro Quotes


In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.


Citations

Munro, Hector Hugh. The Square Egg and Other Sketches, John Lane, 1924, p. 34.

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Hector Hugh Munro
Hector Hugh Munro
  • Born: December 18, 1870
  • Died: November 14, 1916
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Author, Playwright

Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered by English teachers and scholars as a master of the short story, and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, he himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.