An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for 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.
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.
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 …
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.
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…
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.
Of all animals, he alone attains to the Contemplative Life. - Andrew Lang
Of all animals, he alone attains to the Contemplative Life.
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