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
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No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.
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Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less
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Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door
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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.
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Angel-duck, angel-duck, winged and silly, / Pouring a watering-pot over a lily.
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Borrowers of books --those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.
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A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature
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Riddle of destiny, who can show / What thy short visit meant, or know / What thy errand here below?
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All people have their blind side - their superstitions; and I have heard her declare, under the rose, that hearts were her favourite suit.
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I even think that, sentimentally, I am disposed to harmony. But organically I am incapable of a tune.
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No woman dresses below herself from mere caprice.
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Shut not thy purse-strings always against painted distress. Act a charity sometimes. When a poor creature (outwardly and visibly such) comes before thee, do not stay to inquire whether the "seven small children," in whose name he implores thy assistance, have a veritable existence. Rake not into the bowels of unwelcome truth, to save a halfpenny. It is good to believe him.
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Trample not on the ruins of a man.
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There is a pleasure in affecting affectation.