52 Quotes by Edward Lear

And what can we expect if we haven’t any dinner, But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner?

There was a Young Person in pink, Who called out for something to drink; But they said, ‘O my daughter, there’s nothing but water!’ Which vexed that Young Person in pink.

Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee! We think no Birds so happy as we! Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill! We think so then, and we thought so still!

It takes a long time to make a painter – even with a good artist’s education – but without one it tries the patience of Job; it is a great thing if one does not go backward.

There was an Old Man of Peru, Who watched his wife making a stew; But once by mistake, In a stove she did bake, That unfortunate Man of Peru.

One finds that constant quiet sympathy is not only one of the most lovable qualities, but one of the very rarest.

There was an Old Man of the East, Who gave.