An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts – for support rather than for illumination. Andrew Lang
Life’s more amusing than we thought. Andrew Lang
He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue. Andrew Lang
So ye’ll tak the high road, and I’ll tak the laigh road,
An’ I’ll be in Scotland before ye:
But me and my true love will never meet again,
By the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond.
Andrew Lang
Precocity is not a sign of genius, but genius is perhaps always accompanied by precocity. Andrew Lang
It is a very rare thing anywhere, especially in England, for a man deliberately to choose poetry as the duty of his life, and to remain loyal, as a consequence, to the bride of St Francis – Poverty. Andrew Lang