Why are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster Because we are conscious that he is not quite at his ease in ours. He is awkward, and out of place in the society of his equals. He comes like Gulliver from among his little people, and he cannot fit the stature of his understanding to yours.
More Quotes from Charles Lamb:
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.Charles Lamb
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.
Charles Lamb
Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it, and the second reeked claret.
Charles Lamb
There was a little man, and he had a little soul And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try.
Charles Lamb
I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.
Charles Lamb
Oh, weep for the hour When to Eveleen's bower The lord of the valley with false vows came.
Charles Lamb
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: People Quotes, Place Quotes, Society & Civilization QuotesBased on Keywords: gulliver
Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.
Arthur Erickson
It's kind of like family. I can't say that we go out to lunch and to the movies every day with each other. Everyone's fully grown adult women with lives.
Kathy Valentine
Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
Voltaire