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Compton Mackenzie was a Scottish writer renowned for his novels and travel writing. Born on January 17, 1883, he was a significant figure in the literary landscape of his era. His writings often reflected his extensive travels and experiences, and he is remembered for his vivid descriptions and engaging storytelling.

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Famous Compton Mackenzie Quotes

“It is only to the sentimentalist over some tame midland prospect that man appears vile. In Sirene he holds his own with the sublime eccentricity of the natural scene. In Sirene he lives.”

Sexual Freedom Cultural Relativism

Book:Vestal Fire

Source: Vestal Fire

“Some time ago N went over to Paris disguised as an opera singer, and he looked the part so well that the agent whom he was to meet thought he really was an opera singer and never went near him for a week. In fact, it turned out a little awkwardly, because one evening this agent saw a member of the French Cabinet dining at the Ritz and he looked so much like somebody disguised as an opera singer that this dam' fool of an agent went up and spoke to him. He was at once arrested by the French secret police, and there was nearly a most unpleasant scandal.”

Disguise Espionage Secret Service Impostors

Book:Water on the Brain

Source: Water on the Brain

“As the tissues of the body fester and rot under X rays, so under the sun fester and rot Anglo-Saxonism and Teutonism and Scandinavianism if left too long beneath its influence.”

Sexual Freedom Lighten Up

Book:Vestal Fire

Source: Vestal Fire

“You are offered a piece of bread and butter that feels like a damp handkerchief and sometimes, when cucumber is added to it, like a wet one.”

Feels Sometimes Pieces Food Cooking Bread Culinary Wet Damp Bread And Butter Cucumbers Handkerchiefs

Author:Compton Mackenzie

“Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.”

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Book:Tight Little Island

Source: Tight Little Island

“For me, one of the pleasures of cats company is their devotion to bodily comfort.”

Pleasure Company Comfort Cat Devotion

Author:Compton Mackenzie

“Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them.”

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Author:Compton Mackenzie

“The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal.”

Animal Mystery Cat Decided

Author:Compton Mackenzie

“Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen”

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Author:Compton Mackenzie

“Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams”

Doe Two Taste Beer Chasing Neat Whiskey Whisky

Book:Tight Little Island

Source: Tight Little Island

About the Author

Born: January 17, 1883
Died: November 30, 1972
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 10

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