Popular Fallacies


wrote, as Elia, 16 popular fallacies.
I. That a Bully is always a Coward

II. That Ill-gotten Gain never Prospers

III. That a Man must not Laugh at his own Jest

IV. That such a One shows his Breeding.—That it is Easy to Perceive he is no Gentleman

V. That the Poor Copy the Vices of the Rich

VI. That Enough is as Good as a Feast

VII. Of Two Disputants, the Warmest is Generally in the Wrong

VIII. That Verbal Allusions are not Wit, because they will not Bear a Translation

IX. That the Worst Puns are the Best

X. That Handsome is that Handsome does

XI. That We must not look a Gift-horse in the Mouth

XII. That Home is Home though it is never so Homely

XIII. That You must Love Me, and Love my Dog

XIV. That We should Rise with the Lark

XV. That We should Lie Down with the Lamb

XVI. That a Sulky Temper is a Misfortune
Lamb's popular fallacies were born in response to a specific socio-linguistic context and expose the pretences that constitute false social behavior. Three of the fallacies, “That You Must Love Me and Love My Dog,” “That We Should Lie Down With the Lamb,” and “That We Should Rise With the Lark” all feature prominent animal imagery.