Andrew Lang Quotes
Top 36 wise famous quotes and sayings by Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang Famous Quotes & Sayings
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When the old king saw this he foamed with rage, stared wildly about, flung himself on the ground and died.
But when it is a question of the life of a king it is better to sacrifice the innocent than save the guilty
An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.
Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable.
My dear Prince, might I beg you to move a little more that way, for your nose casts such a shadow that I really cannot see what I have on my plate
I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, / The roller, pitch, and stumps, and all.
The idiot Scotch laird in the story would not let the dentist put his fingers into his mouth, "for I'm feared ye'll bite me".
It's me," answered the prince. It was the first time he had forgotten his grammar, but he was terribly excited. "What
Our reason tries in vain to show them to us; we refuse to see them till we find them in the way of our interests." Prince
Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha.
especially given to dirtying the butter (a thing quite superfluous, according to Captain Burt's description of Highland butter).
Indeed it is impossible to set limits to such coincidence, for it would indeed be extraordinary if extraordinary coincidences never occurred.
Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.
I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is evolving. This is an exciting time to be living.
real shepherd to repent of his folly; and before he had gone very far he met with a horse boy and a driver
Go, my dear, and see how thy grandmamma does, for I hear she has been very ill; carry her a custard, and this little pot of butter.