“The clever men at Oxford
Know all that there is to be knowed.
But they none of them know one half as much
As intelligent Mr. Toad!”
Source: The Wind in the Willows (1908), Ch. 10
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Pagett M.P, prelude
Departmental Ditties and other Verses (1886)

Source: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

“Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.”
Source: Things Fall Apart (1958), Chapter 24 (p. 186)

“Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole.”
Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 40; often translated as "The half is greater than the whole."

Source: Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides