Two or three days at sea are equivalent to at least as many… - Thomas Anstey Guthrie

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Two or three days at sea are equivalent to at least as many weeks on shore.

Thomas Anstey Guthrie

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About Thomas Anstey Guthrie

F. Anstey was the pen-name of Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934), an English novelist and journalist.

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Pen Names: F. Anstey • Francis Anstey

Alternative Names: Thomas A. Guthrie

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No doubt they would tolerate him now for the Professor’s sake; but who would not rather be ignored than tolerated?

“No doubt the fault was mine,” said the Professor, in a tone that implied the opposite.

How excellent is the saying of one of old: 'He that adventureth upon matrimony is like unto one who thrusteth his hand into a sack containing many thousands of serpents and one eel. Yet, if Fate so decree, he may draw forth the eel.'

Two or three days at sea are equivalent to at least as many weeks on shore. - Thomas Anstey Guthrie

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