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
lying men shining
This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, Theres nothing true but Heaven.
sports war squash
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
book men thinking
I love to lose myself in other men's minds.... Books think for me.
beauty reality
Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.
lose love men
I love to lose myself in other men's minds.
blind favourite heard hearts people side
All people have their blind side - their superstitions; and I have heard her declare, under the rose, that hearts were her favourite suit.
irrelevant nature poor relation
A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature
less puzzles time troubles
Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less
door exceed include interest knock rural sounds urban
Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door
came home hungry
I came home . . . hungry as a hunter.
books cannot lose love sit
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 for me.
talking walking
By myself walking, To myself talking.