“Letters from the first were planned to guide us into Fairy Land.” — Andrew Lang Fairy Copy Share Image
Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Politicians use statistics in the same way that a drunk uses lamp-postsfor support rather than illumination. — Andrew Lang Drunk Copy Share Image
...remember that the danger that is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of. — Andrew Lang Caution Copy Share Image
“I fear nothing when I am doing right,' said Jack. 'Then,' said the lady in the red cap, 'you are one of… — Andrew Lang Doing right Copy Share Image
An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination. — Andrew Lang Humorous Copy Share Image
“The advantage of possessing a great empire is not to be able to do the evil that one desires, but to do… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I'd leave all the hurry, the noise, and the fray, for a house full of books, and a garden of flowers. — Andrew Lang Book Copy Share Image
“So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.” — Andrew Lang Learning Copy Share Image
A book is a friend whose face is constantly changing. If you read it when you are recovering from an illness, and… — Andrew Lang Book Copy Share Image
“The enthusiasm which induced a priest, notary, and teacher like Knox to carry a claymore in defence of a beloved teacher, Wishart,… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Madame d'Aulnoy is the true mother of the modern fairy tale. She invented the modern Court of Fairyland, with its manners, its… — Andrew Lang Fairy Copy Share Image
“Here stand my books, line upon line They reach the roof, and row by row, They speak of faded tastes of mine,… — Andrew Lang Books Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading!… — Andrew Lang America Copy Share Image
“If there are frightful monsters in fairy tales, they do not frighten you now, because that kind of monster is no longer… — Andrew Lang Fairy tale Copy Share Image
O grant me a house by the beach of a bay, Where the waves can be surly in winter, and play With… — Andrew Lang Beach Copy Share Image
“Knox could not fail to see what was so patent: many books of the German reformers may have come in his way;… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Again, if there are really no fairies, why do people believe in them, all over the world? The ancient Greeks believed, so… — Andrew Lang Ancient Copy Share Image
“He loathes what he has left behind him, and it is natural to guess that, in his first years of priesthood, his… — Andrew Lang Left behind Copy Share Image
“Now that reading and writing are universal accomplishments, books are not bought so freely as they were about 1820. . . .… — Andrew Lang Book Copy Share Image
“To the enormous majority of persons who risk themselves in literature, not even the smallest measure of success can fall. They had… — Andrew Lang Accomplishment Copy Share Image
“And he married the Echo one fortunate morn, And Woman, their beautiful daughter, was born! The daughter of Sunshine and Echo she… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“In the old stories, despite the impossibility of the incidents, the interest is always real and human. The princes and princesses fall… — Andrew Lang Fairy Copy Share Image
Of all the minor creatures of mythology, fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable. — Andrew Lang Beautiful Copy Share Image
I don't think the idea of homosexuality is really taboo any more. Our culture is evolving. This is an exciting time to… — Andrew Lang Culture Copy Share Image
I am the batsman and the bat, / I am the bowler and the ball, / The umpire, the pavilion cat, /… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination. — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
And remember that the danger which is most to be feared is never the danger we are most afraid of. — Andrew Lang Danger Copy Share Image
Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha. — Andrew Lang Animal Copy Share Image
. . . had I a river I would gladly let all honest anglers that use the fly cast line in it,… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Why should I laugh?' asked the old man. 'Madness in youth is true wisdom. Go, young man, follow your dream, and if… — Andrew Lang Comedy Copy Share Image
Among the various forms of science which are reaching and affecting the new popular tradition, we have reckoned Anthropology. Pleasantly enough, Anthropology… — Andrew Lang Anthropology Copy Share Image
“...she has been bewitched by a wicked sorceress, and will not regain her beauty until she is my wife.' 'Does she say… — Andrew Lang Bacon Copy Share Image
“You see how self-love keeps us from knowing our own defects of mind and body. Our reason tries in vain to show… — Andrew Lang Love Copy Share Image
![“Now that reading and writing are universal accomplishments, books are not bought so freely as they were about 1820. . . . [I]n fact, book-buying does not increase in proportion with the power of reading printed matter. People prefer periodical trash, snippets of twaddle. [February 1894, editor's…” quote by Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/4f5/andrew-lang-15654_book_now-that-reading-and-writing-are-univers_2879049.jpg)
