James Payn

thumb| James Payn (28 February 1830 – 25 March 1898) was an English novelist and editor. Among the periodicals he edited were Chambers's Journal in Edinburgh and the Cornhill Magazine in London. Quotes May he perish, inch by inch, within reach of the aid that shall never come, ere the God of the poor take him into his hand. Lost Sir Massingberd (1864), vol. 1, ch. 6; vol. 2, ch. 18 To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether. "The Pinch of Poverty", in The Nineteenth Century (May 1880), p. 866 You are safe to-day, my friend, but you will not be safe to-morrow; you may be safe to-morrow, but you will not be safe the next day: in my country vengeance is a dish that we eat cold. Thicker than Water (1883), vol. 1, ch. 17, p. 320 I had never had a piece of toast  Particularly long and wide,But fell upon the sanded floor,  And always on the buttered side. "The Muse of Parody", in Chambers's Journal (2 February 1884), p. 71 Parodying Moore's famous lines from Lalla Rookh (1817): I never nursed a young gazelle  To glad me with its soft dark eye,But when it came to know me well,  And love me, it was sure to die. He was no coward, but it had suddenly struck him that the present was a very ill-chosen time for a row with his younger relative, however successful might be the issue. Such violence should not go unpunished, but vengeance is a dish that can be eaten cold. A Modern Dick Whittington‎ (1892), vol. 1, p. 222 External links Category:Novelists from England Category:1830 births Category:1898 deaths Category:Editors from England Category:Short story writers from England Category:Essayists from England Category:Literary critics Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:Travel writers Category:Victorian novelists