"There was an Old Man of the East, Who gave all his children a feast; But they all ate so much, and their conduct was such, That it killed that Old Man of the East."

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Source : Edward Lear (1994). “Complete Nonsense”, p.59, Wordsworth Editions

Edward Lear

#Children Quotes #Men Quotes #East Quotes

“Neurotics are awfully quick to notice other people's mentalities ...”
“I leave my circle tight in keep my family close.”
“Some things are just perfect, even when they don't make any sense”
“They don't want you to vote. If they did, we wouldn't vote on a Tuesday. In November. You ever throw a party on a Tuesday? No. Because nobody would come.”
“Don't tell me what I'm not doing when I'm doing what you don't think I'm doing!”
“Poets are being pursued by the philosophers today, out of the poverty of philosophy. God damn it, you might think a man had no business to be writing, to be a poet unless some philosophic stinker gave him permission.”
“Breaking up is a natural evolution when you try to figure out what you want in life. If you're with an individual who isn't moving in the same direction and at the same rate that you are, it ain't going to work.”
“Revolutions are not made with rosewater.”

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