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Charles Lamb
In everything that...
In everything that relates to science, I am a whole Encyclopaedia behind the rest of the...
Credulity is the...
Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.
Source: Essays of Elia,...
The vices of...
The vices of some men are magnificent.
Source: In
He is no...
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.
Source: In
Tis the privilege...
'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
The beggar is...
The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.
We are nothing;...
We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores...
Riddle of destiny,...
Riddle of destiny, who can show
What thy short visit meant, or know
What thy errand here...
Riches are chiefly...
Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.
Source: In
The beggar wears...
The beggar wears all colors fearing none.
Source: In
I love to...
I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think; books think...
He has left...
He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.
The human species,...
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races: the men who...
This is my...
This is my motto: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
Source: In Correct...
Pain is life...
Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.
Source: Letter to Bernard...
Borrowers of books...
Borrowers of books -- those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd...
A pun is...
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the...
Presents, I often...
Presents, I often say, endear absents.
Source: Essays of Elia, A Dissertation Upon...
We grow gray...
We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.
Source: In The...
Don't introduce me...
Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I...