Quotes by Charles Stuart Calverley

About Charles Stuart Calverley:

Charles Stuart Calverley was an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called "the university school of humour".
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Meaning, however, is no great matter.

Charles Stuart Calverley

Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life.

Charles Stuart Calverley

I know you've been married to the same woman for 69 years. That is marvellous. It must be very inexpensive.

Charles Stuart Calverley

I cannot sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go.

Charles Stuart Calverley

Author Bio

  • NameCharles Stuart Calverley
  • DescriptionBritish poet
  • BornDecember 22, 1831
  • DiedFebruary 17, 1884
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet