Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-postsfor support rather than illumination.
Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if you do not find the happiness that… - Andrew Lang
Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if you do not find the happiness that…
- Andrew Lang
Among the various forms of science which are reaching and affecting the new popular tradition, we have reckoned Anthropology. Pleasantly enough, Anth… - Andrew Lang
Among the various forms of science which are reaching and affecting the new popular tradition, we have reckoned Anthropology. Pleasantly enough, Anth…
You can cover a great deal of country in books. - Andrew Lang
You can cover a great deal of country in books.
And remember that the danger which is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of. - Andrew Lang
And remember that the danger which is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of.
O grant me a house by the beach of a bay, Where the waves can be surly in winter, and play With the sea-weed in summer, ye bountiful powers! And I'd … - Andrew Lang
O grant me a house by the beach of a bay, Where the waves can be surly in winter, and play With the sea-weed in summer, ye bountiful powers! And I'd …
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. - Andrew Lang
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.
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who really care for… - Andrew Lang
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who really care for…
Of all animals, he alone attains to the Contemplative Life. - Andrew Lang
Of all animals, he alone attains to the Contemplative Life.
Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience. - Andrew Lang
Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.
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