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Andrew Lang Quotes

Andrew Lang quotes

Scottish Poet March 31, 1844 – July 20, 1912

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Andrew Lang quote: "It is so delightful to teach those one loves!"
It is so delightful to teach those one loves! Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang quote: "Life's more amusing than we thought."
Life's more amusing than we thought. Andrew Lang
And he married the Echo one fortunate morn, And Woman, their beautiful daughter, was born! The daughter of Sunshine and Echo she came. With a voice like a song, with a face like a flame; With a face like a flame, and a voice like a song, And happy was Man, but it was not for long! For weather's a painfully changeable thing, Not always the child of the Echo would sing; And the face of the Sun may be hidden with mist, And his child can be terribly cross if she list. And unfortunate man had to... Andrew Lang
Madame d'Aulnoy is the true mother of the modern fairy tale. She invented the modern Court of Fairyland, with its manners, its fairies, its queens, its amorous, its cruel, its good, its evil, its odious, its friendly fes. 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 you seek, at any rate you will have had the happiness of seeking it. 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 leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, For a house full of books, and a garden of flowers. Andrew Lang
...she has been bewitched by a wicked sorceress, and will not regain her beauty until she is my wife.''Does she say so? Well if you believe that you may drink cold water and think it bacon'. 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 books read all of them. There is no other course. Andrew Lang
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. Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang quote: "You can cover a great deal of country in books."
You can cover a great deal of country in books. Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang quote: "He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue."
He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue. Andrew Lang
I fear nothing when I am doing right,' said Jack.'Then,' said the lady in the red cap, 'you are one of those who slay giants. Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang quote: "When the old king saw this he foamed with rage, stared wildly..."
When the old king saw this he foamed with rage, stared wildly about, flung himself on the ground and died. Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang quote: "remember that the danger that is most to be feared is never..."
...remember that the danger that is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of. Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang quote: "He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for..."
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination. Andrew Lang

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