He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue.

Quote by Andrew Lang

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I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is...

I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is...

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather...

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather...

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than...

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than...

Life's more amusing than we thought.

Life's more amusing than we thought.

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

Study nature, not books.

Study nature, not books.

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are...

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from...

You are the same today that you are going to be in five years from...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule,...

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule,...

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it...

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it...

Your sweet little book is a bizarre collection of out-of-context quotations, misquotations, misleading quotations, non...

Your sweet little book is a bizarre collection of out-of-context quotations, misquotations, misleading quotations, non...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a...

Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a...

Books are the curse of the human race

Books are the curse of the human race

There are many little ways to enlarge your childs world. Love of books is the...

There are many little ways to enlarge your childs world. Love of books is the...