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Frederick Locker-Lampson Quotes

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

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

Frederick Locker-Lampson
Crazy, Mad, World
'The Jester's Plea' (1868)

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”

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

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

Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather.

Frederick Locker-Lampson
Cobblers, Remember, Leather

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

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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