Charles Neaves Quotes

Charles Neaves delivers witty, bold musings that poke fun at society and champion curiosity.

5 quotes

  1. Pouter, tumbler and fantail are from the same source; The racer and hack may be traced to one horse; So men were developed from monkeys of course, Which nobody can deny.

    #1 Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
  2. Though Darwin now proclaims the law And spreads it far abroad, O! The man that first the secret saw Was honest old Monboddo. The architect precedence takes Of him that bears the hod, O! So up and at them, Land of Cakes, We'll vindicate Monboddo

  3. So I wonder a woman, the Mistress of Hearts, Should ascent to aspire to be Master of Arts; A Ministering Angel in Woman we see, And an Angel need cover no other Degree. -O why should a Woman not get a Degree?

  4. To have a thing is little, if you're not allowed to show it, to know a thing, is nothing unless others know you know it.

  5. Pure water is the best gifts a man can bring. But who am I that I should have the best of anything? Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free, ...beer is good enough for me.