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Charles Lamb Quotes

Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, why wert not thou born in my father's dwelling? Picture Quote #1

Milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him. But he brings his music, to which who listen had need bring docile thoughts and purged ears Picture Quote #1

Is the world all grown up? Is childhood dead? Or is there not in the bosom of the wisest and the best some of the child's heart left, to respond to its earliest enchantments? Picture Quote #1

Be not frightened at the hard words imposition, imposture; give and ask no questions. Cast thy bread upon the waters. Some have, unawares, entertained angels Picture Quote #1

He is never out of the fashion, or limpeth awkwardly behind it. He is not required to put on court mourning. He weareth all colors, fearing none. His costume hath undergone less change than the Quaker's. He is the only man in the universe who is not obliged to study appearances Picture Quote #1

A woman asked a coachman, are you full inside? Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, I am quite full inside; that last piece of pudding at Mr. Gillman's did the business for me Picture Quote #1

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We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one Picture Quote #1

In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice Picture Quote #1

Our appetites, of one or another kind, are excellent spurs to our reason, which might otherwise but feebly set about the great ends of preserving and continuing the species Picture Quote #1

While childhood, and while dreams, producing childhood, shall be left, imagination shall not have spread her holy wings totally to fly the Earth Picture Quote #1

O money, money, how blindly thou hast been worshipped, and how stupidly abused! Thou are health and liberty and strength, and he that has thee may rattle his pockets at the foul fiend! Picture Quote #1

To be thankful for what we grasp exceeding our proportion is to add hypocrisy to injustice Picture Quote #1

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Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public Picture Quote #1

He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious epicure - and for such a tomb might be content to die Picture Quote #1

I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes Picture Quote #1

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door Picture Quote #1

There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day in gardens, and in sultry arbours, but it was labor thrown away. Those gay motes in the beam come about you, hovering and teasing, like so many coquets, that will have you all to their self, and are jealous of your abstractions. By the midnight taper, the writers digests his meditations. By the same light we must approach to their perusal, if we would catch the flame, the odour Picture Quote #1

I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting, or a solved problem. Why have none for books, those spiritual repasts - a grace before Milton - a grace before Shakespeare - a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading the Fairy Queen? Picture Quote #1

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Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert thou not born in my father's dwelling? Picture Quote #1

'That Enough Is As Good As a Feast'... The inventor of [this saying] did not believe it himself.... Goodly legs and shoulders of mutton, exhilarating cordials, books, pictures, the opportunities of seeing foreign countries, independence, heart's ease, a man's own time to himself, are not muck - however we may be pleased to scandalise with that appellation the faithful metal that provides them for us Picture Quote #1

The young man till thirty, never feels practically that he is mortal. He knows it indeed, and, if need were, he could preach a homily on the fragility of life; but he brings it not home to himself, any more than in a hot June we can appropriate to our imagination the freezing days of December Picture Quote #1

Sun, and sky, and breeze, and solitary walks, and summer holidays, and the greenness of fields, and the delicious juices of meats and fishes, and society, and the cheerful glass, and candle-light, and fire-side conversations, and innocent vanities, and irony itself - do these things go out with life? Can a ghost laugh, or shake his gaunt sides, when you are pleasant with him? Picture Quote #1

Rather was it not a series of seven uneasy days, spent in restless pursuit of pleasure, and a wearisome anxiety to find out how to make the most of them? Where was the quiet, where the promised rest? Picture Quote #1

I have indeed lived nominally fifty years, but deduct out of them the hours which I have lived to other people, and not to myself, and you will find me still a young fellow. For that is the only true time, which a man can properly call his own - 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 Picture Quote #1

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We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair Picture Quote #1

New Year's Day is every man's birthday Picture Quote #1

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving Picture Quote #1

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport Picture Quote #1

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength Picture Quote #1

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality Picture Quote #1

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Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, why wert not thou born in my father's dwelling? (Charles Lamb Quotes) Milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him. But he brings his music, to which who listen had need bring docile thoughts and purged ears (Charles Lamb Quotes) Is the world all grown up? Is childhood dead? Or is there not in the bosom of the wisest and the best some of the child's heart left, to respond to its earliest enchantments? (Charles Lamb Quotes) Be not frightened at the hard words imposition, imposture; give and ask no questions. Cast thy bread upon the waters. Some have, unawares, entertained angels (Charles Lamb Quotes) He is never out of the fashion, or limpeth awkwardly behind it. He is not required to put on court mourning. He weareth all colors, fearing none. His costume hath undergone less change than the Quaker's. He is the only man in the universe who is not obliged to study appearances (Charles Lamb Quotes) A woman asked a coachman, are you full inside? Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, I am quite full inside; that last piece of pudding at Mr. Gillman's did the business for me (Charles Lamb Quotes) We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one (Charles Lamb Quotes) In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice (Charles Lamb Quotes) Our appetites, of one or another kind, are excellent spurs to our reason, which might otherwise but feebly set about the great ends of preserving and continuing the species (Charles Lamb Quotes) While childhood, and while dreams, producing childhood, shall be left, imagination shall not have spread her holy wings totally to fly the Earth (Charles Lamb Quotes) O money, money, how blindly thou hast been worshipped, and how stupidly abused! Thou are health and liberty and strength, and he that has thee may rattle his pockets at the foul fiend! (Charles Lamb Quotes) To be thankful for what we grasp exceeding our proportion is to add hypocrisy to injustice (Charles Lamb Quotes) Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public (Charles Lamb Quotes) He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious epicure - and for such a tomb might be content to die (Charles Lamb Quotes) I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes (Charles Lamb Quotes) Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door (Charles Lamb Quotes) There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day in gardens, and in sultry arbours, but it was labor thrown away. Those gay motes in the beam come about you, hovering and teasing, like so many coquets, that will have you all to their self, and are jealous of your abstractions. By the midnight taper, the writers digests his meditations. By the same light we must approach to their perusal, if we would catch the flame, the odour (Charles Lamb Quotes) I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting, or a solved problem. Why have none for books, those spiritual repasts - a grace before Milton - a grace before Shakespeare - a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading the Fairy Queen? (Charles Lamb Quotes) Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert thou not born in my father's dwelling? (Charles Lamb Quotes) 'That Enough Is As Good As a Feast'... The inventor of [this saying] did not believe it himself.... Goodly legs and shoulders of mutton, exhilarating cordials, books, pictures, the opportunities of seeing foreign countries, independence, heart's ease, a man's own time to himself, are not muck - however we may be pleased to scandalise with that appellation the faithful metal that provides them for us (Charles Lamb Quotes) The young man till thirty, never feels practically that he is mortal. He knows it indeed, and, if need were, he could preach a homily on the fragility of life; but he brings it not home to himself, any more than in a hot June we can appropriate to our imagination the freezing days of December (Charles Lamb Quotes) Sun, and sky, and breeze, and solitary walks, and summer holidays, and the greenness of fields, and the delicious juices of meats and fishes, and society, and the cheerful glass, and candle-light, and fire-side conversations, and innocent vanities, and irony itself - do these things go out with life? Can a ghost laugh, or shake his gaunt sides, when you are pleasant with him? (Charles Lamb Quotes) Rather was it not a series of seven uneasy days, spent in restless pursuit of pleasure, and a wearisome anxiety to find out how to make the most of them? Where was the quiet, where the promised rest? (Charles Lamb Quotes) I have indeed lived nominally fifty years, but deduct out of them the hours which I have lived to other people, and not to myself, and you will find me still a young fellow. For that is the only true time, which a man can properly call his own - 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 (Charles Lamb Quotes) We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair (Charles Lamb Quotes) New Year's Day is every man's birthday (Charles Lamb Quotes) Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving (Charles Lamb Quotes) Cards are war, in disguise of a sport (Charles Lamb Quotes) Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength (Charles Lamb Quotes) Let us live for the beauty of our own reality (Charles Lamb Quotes)

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