Andrew Lang Quotes
Inspirational quotes by Andrew Lang
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts -- for support rather than for illumination.You can cover a great deal of country in books.
You can cover a great deal of country in books.
Poem of the day
by Christina Rossetti
Ten years ago it seemed impossible
That she should ever grow so calm as this,
With self-remembrance in her warmest kiss
And dim dried eyes like an exhausted well.
Slow-speaking when she has some fact to tell,
Silent with long-unbroken silences,
Centred in self yet not unpleased to please,
Gravely monotonous like a passing bell.
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