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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/i-am-the-batsman-and-the-bat-i-am-the-bowler-and-the-ball-the-umpire/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/young-men-especially-in-america-write-to-me-and-ask-me-to-recommend-a/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/an-unsophisticated-forecaster-uses-statistics-as-a-drunken-man-uses/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/either-a-wise-man-will-not-go-into-bunkers-or-being-in-he-will-endure/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/i-fear-nothing-when-i-am-doing-right-said-jack-then-said-the-lady-in/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [“So labour at your Alphabet, For by that learning shall you get To lands where Fairies may be met.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/so-labour-at-your-alphabet-for-by-that-learning-shall-you-get-to/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [Again, if there are really no fairies, why do people believe in them, all over the world? The ancient Greeks believed, so did the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/again-if-there-are-really-no-fairies-why-do-people-believe-in-them/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [“He loathes what he has left behind him, and it is natural to guess that, in his first years of priesthood, his religious nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/he-loathes-what-he-has-left-behind-him-and-it-is-natural-to-guess/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [Of all animals, the cat alone attains to the comtemplative life. He regards the wheel of existence from without, like the Buddha.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/of-all-animals-the-cat-alone-attains-to-the-comtemplative-life-he/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [If the wild bowler thinks he bowls, Or if the batsman thinks he's bowled, They know not, poor misguided souls, They, too, shall perish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/if-the-wild-bowler-thinks-he-bowls-or-if-the-batsman-thinks-he-s/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/o-grant-me-a-house-by-the-beach-of-a-bay-where-the-waves-can-be-surly/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [“If there are frightful monsters in fairy tales, they do not frighten you now, because that kind of monster is no longer going about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/if-there-are-frightful-monsters-in-fairy-tales-they-do-not-frighten/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp posts - for support rather than for illumination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/he-uses-statistics-as-a-drunken-man-uses-lamp-posts-for-support/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [“For, as I told you, Good deeds bear their own fruit!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/for-as-i-told-you-good-deeds-bear-their-own-fruit/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

> [“The enthusiasm which induced a priest, notary, and teacher like Knox to carry a claymore in defence of a beloved teacher, Wishart, seems more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/the-enthusiasm-which-induced-a-priest-notary-and-teacher-like-knox-to/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-lang/madame-d-aulnoy-is-the-true-mother-of-the-modern-fairy-tale-she/)

[Andrew Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-lang/)

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