1785-1866, British Author
A book that furnishes no quotations is no book — it is a plaything.
Thomas Love Peacock – [Quotations]


I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.
Thomas Love Peacock – [Audiences]


Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond.
Thomas Love Peacock – [Celibacy]


Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.
Thomas Love Peacock – [Animals]


The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.
Thomas Love Peacock – [Waste]