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~ Charles Lamb Quotes ~
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Charles Lamb Quotes


An English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb.
Charles Lamb (London, 10 February 1775 – Edmonton, 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847). Lamb has been referred to by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as the most lovable figure in English literature, and his influence on the English essay form surely cannot be overestimated.

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Neat not gaudy.

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Books think for me.

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Man is a gaming animal.

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Lawyers I suppose were children once.

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New Year's Day is every man's birthday.

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He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

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If dirt was trumps what hands you would hold!

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To be sick is to enjoy monarchal prerogatives.

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For thy sake tobacco I Would do anything but die.

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Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

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« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2014, 12:50:25 PM »
I never knew an enemy to puns who was not an ill-natured man.

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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2014, 12:51:00 PM »
Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

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He might have proved a useful adjunct if not an ornament to society.

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« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2014, 12:51:59 PM »
The most mortifying infirmity in human nature ... is perhaps cowardice.

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Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; yet nothing troubles me less.