Thomas Love Peacock quotes
Thomas Love Peacock was an English novelist, poet, and satirist, renowned for his witty and satirical fiction. His works often featured sharp social commentary and playful dialogues among eccentric characters. He is remembered as a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and a unique voice in early 19th-century British literature. Here are 14 of his quotes:
The mountain sheep are sweeter
But the valley sheep are fatter;
We therefore deemed it meeter
To carry off the latter.
We made an expedition;
We met a host, and quelled it;
We forced a strong position,
And killed the men who held it...
As we drove our prize at leisure,
The king marched forth to catch us:
His rage surpassed all measure,
But his people could not match us.
He fled to his hall-pillars;
And, ere our force we led off,
Some sacked his house and cellars,
While others cut his head off.
Thomas Love Peacock
