“There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine. Oh, hard is the struggle, and sparse is The gain of the one at the top, For art is a form of catharsis, And love is a permanent flop, And work is the province of cattle, And rest's for a clam in a shell, So I'm thinking of throwing the battle - Would you kindly direct me to hell?” ThinkingGivingLittlesArtHardFormWaterLove IsStruggleHellMinesBattleProjectsArt IsHumorousGainsDirectAnd LoveWinePermanentThrowingShellsProvincesCattleCatharsisClams Book:Collected poems: Not so deep as a well Source: Collected poems: Not so deep as a well
“Some medical beast had revived tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness. At the best of times, so much of this elixir was administered to me as a choice restorative, that I was conscious of going about, smelling like a new fence.” FunnyChoicesBeliefWaterVirtueFineExpectationsConsciousHumorousMedicineMedicalBeastFenceGreat ExpectationsCupboardsElixirNastinessGreat Expectations Important Book:Great Expectations Source: Great Expectations
“Both Miss Lavinia and Miss Clarissa had a superstition, however, that he would have declared his passion, if he had not been cut short in his youth (at about sixty) by over-drinking his constitution, and over-doing an attempt to set it right again by swilling Bath water.” IfsFunnyPassionWaterCuttingMissingYouthHumorousConstitutionDrinkingSuperstitionsSixtyBathsLavinia Book:Charles Dickens Six Pack: Six Dickens Classics Source: Charles Dickens Six Pack: Six Dickens Classics
“I drank some boiling water because I wanted to whistle.” WantedFunnyWaterHumorousWittySillyDrankBoilingBoiling WaterBoiling Point Author:Mitch Hedberg