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Charles Lamb Quotes

Is it a stale remark to say that I have constantly found the interest excited at a playhouse to bear an exact inverse proportion to the price paid for admission? Picture Quote #1

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man’s self to himself! Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty Picture Quote #1

A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody is so much more ready to produce his own, than to call for a display of your acquisitions Picture Quote #1

A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of non pertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of our prosperity Picture Quote #1

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Science has succeeded to poetry, no less in the little walks of children than with men. Is there no possibility of averting this sore evil? Picture Quote #1

May be the truth is, that one pipe is wholesome, two pipes toothsome, three pipes noisome, four pipes fulsome, five pipes quarrelsome; and that’s the some on’t Picture Quote #1

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don’t much care if I never see another mountain in my life Picture Quote #1

I hate the man who eats without knowing what he’s eating. I doubt his taste in more important things Picture Quote #1

Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new married couple; in that of the lady particularly; it tells you that her lot is disposed of in this world; that you can have no hopes for her Picture Quote #1

I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don’t borrow money, nor twist your kitten’s neck off, nor disturb a congregation, etc., your business is done. I know things of myself, which would make every friend I have fly me as a plague patient Picture Quote #1

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There is nothing so nice as doing good by stealth and being found out by accident Picture Quote #1

A pun is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect Picture Quote #1

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture Picture Quote #1

No work is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself, the most unwholesome of food Picture Quote #1

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Is it a stale remark to say that I have constantly found the interest excited at a playhouse to bear an exact inverse proportion to the price paid for admission? (Charles Lamb Quotes) The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident (Charles Lamb Quotes) 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 (Charles Lamb Quotes) How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man’s self to himself! Supreme selfishness is inculcated upon him as his only duty (Charles Lamb Quotes) A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody is so much more ready to produce his own, than to call for a display of your acquisitions (Charles Lamb Quotes) A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of non pertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noontide of our prosperity (Charles Lamb Quotes) Science has succeeded to poetry, no less in the little walks of children than with men. Is there no possibility of averting this sore evil? (Charles Lamb Quotes) May be the truth is, that one pipe is wholesome, two pipes toothsome, three pipes noisome, four pipes fulsome, five pipes quarrelsome; and that’s the some on’t (Charles Lamb Quotes) Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don’t much care if I never see another mountain in my life (Charles Lamb Quotes) I hate the man who eats without knowing what he’s eating. I doubt his taste in more important things (Charles Lamb Quotes) Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new married couple; in that of the lady particularly; it tells you that her lot is disposed of in this world; that you can have no hopes for her (Charles Lamb Quotes) I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don’t borrow money, nor twist your kitten’s neck off, nor disturb a congregation, etc., your business is done. I know things of myself, which would make every friend I have fly me as a plague patient (Charles Lamb Quotes) There is nothing so nice as doing good by stealth and being found out by accident (Charles Lamb Quotes) A pun is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect (Charles Lamb Quotes) The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture (Charles Lamb Quotes) No work is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself, the most unwholesome of food (Charles Lamb Quotes)

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