Frederick Locker-Lampson Quotes

• The world's as ugly as sin, And almost as delightful.

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

  Crazy, Mad, World

  'The Jester's Plea' (1868)

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• I believe that nothing completely satisfies an imaginative writer but copious and continuous draughts of unmitigated praise, always provided it is accompanied by a large and increasing sale of his works.

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

  Believe, Praise, Draught

  Frederick Locker-Lampson (1895). “My Confidences: An Autobiographical Sketch Addressed to My Descendants”

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• Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

  Simple, Vanity, Years

  Frederick Locker-Lampson (1874). “London Lyrics”, p.32

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• It is a good thing to read books, and need not be a bad thing to write them, but in any case, it is a pious thing to collect them.

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

  Book, Writing, Needs

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• Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

  Cobblers, Remember, Leather

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• Lightly I sped when hope was high
  And youth beguiled the chase,--
  I follow, follow still: But I
  Shall never see her face.

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

  Disappointment, Faces, Youth

  Frederick Locker-Lampson (1874). “London Lyrics”, p.188

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• I recollect a nurse called Ann,
  Who carried me about the grass,
  And one fine day a fine young man
  Came up and kissed the pretty lass.
  She did not make the least objection.
  Thinks I, "Aha,
  When I can talk I'll tell Mama,"
  And that's my earliest recollection.

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

  Men, Thinking, Nurse

  Frederick Locker-Lampson, “A Terrible Infant”

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