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 More Quotes by Frederick Locker-Lampson More Quotes From Frederick Locker-Lampson The world's as ugly as sin, And almost as delightful. Frederick Locker-Lampson mad crazy world 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 draught praise believe Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather. Frederick Locker-Lampson leather cobblers remember 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 vanity simple years Lightly I sped when hope was high Frederick Locker-Lampson youth disappointment faces I recollect a nurse called Ann, Frederick Locker-Lampson nurse men thinking