The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense Quotes

“And thence I only come again
Just to pack up and run,
Somewhere where life may less be pain,
And somewhere where there's sun.”
― Edward Lear, The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense

“One finds that constant quiet sympathy is not only one of the most lovable qualities, but one of the very rarest.”
― Edward Lear, The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense

“On the whole, as the morbid & mucilaginous monkey said when he climbed up to the top of the Palm-tree & found no fruit there - one can't depend upon dates.”
― Edward Lear, The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense

“There was a Young Lady of Norway,

Who casually sat in a doorway;

When the door squeezed her flat, she exclaimed "What of that?"

This courageous Young Lady of Norway.”
― Edward Lear, The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense

“Never - never more, - oh! never,
Did that Cricket leave him ever, -
Dawn or evening, day or night; -
Clinging as a constant treasure, -
Chirping with a cheerious measure, -
Wholly to my uncle's pleasure, -
(Though his shoes were far too tight.)”
― Edward Lear, The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense

“Such such is life -
Where early buffaloes in congress meet
Than salt more salt, than sugar still more sweet,
And pearly centipedes adjust their feet”
― Edward Lear, The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense

“There was an Old Person of Blythe,
Who cut up his meat with a scythe,
When they said, 'Well! I never!' - he cried, 'Scythes for ever!'
That lively Old Person of Blythe.”
― Edward Lear, The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense