All Charles Lamb Quotes
The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
Charles Lamb
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My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.
Charles Lamb
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Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Charles Lamb
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The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.
Charles Lamb
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Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
Charles Lamb
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Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.
Charles Lamb
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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 intellect.
Charles Lamb
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A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.
Charles Lamb
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The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.
Charles Lamb
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