Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb
Charles Lambwas an English writer and 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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth10 February 1775
poverty
We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger.
strength children men
Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.
book demand binding
In some respects the better a book is, the less it demands from the binding.
moving home beer
Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small beer in it, and the second reeked claret.
mom mother giving
Mother's love grows by giving.
silence gone silent
Gone before To that unknown and silent shore.
sweet stars prayer
As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion, Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee. As still to the star of its worship, though clouded, The needle points faithfully o'er the dim sea, So dark when I roam in this wintry world shrouded, The hope of my spirit turns trembling to Thee.
health meals blank
What have I gained by health? Intolerable dullness. What by mode meals? A total blank.
health men self
How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty.
time men people
The only true time which a man can properly call his own, is that which he has all to himself; the rest, though in some sense he may be said to live it, is other people's time, not his.
boys people way
Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.
smoking sake dies
For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.
love
It is good to love the unknown.
disappointment feelings curiosity
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.