“The more I see of life, the more I am convinced that it is a great deal…” — Edward Lear

“The more I see of life, the more I am convinced that it is a great deal of nonsense.”

Frequently attributed to Lear, but the original source is difficult to verify · Conversation or letter, as commonly attributed

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About Edward Lear

12 May 1812–29 January 1888

Edward Lear was born on 12 May 1812 at Holloway, then a semi-rural northern suburb of London, and died at San Remo, Italy, on 29 January 1888. He is now cherished as one of the great makers of English literary nonsense: the author of “The Owl and the Pussycat,” “The Jumblies,” “The Dong with a Luminous Nose,” and…

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