Mary Lamb Quotes

• A child is fed with milk and praise.

  Mary Lamb

  Children, Milk, Praise

  Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1908). “Tales for children. Poetry for children. Poems. Dramatic works”

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• It is well enough, when one is talking to a friend, to lodge in an odd word by way of counsel now and then; but there is something mighty irksome in its staring upon one in a letter, where one ought to see only kind words and friendly remembrances.

  Mary Lamb

  Talking, Remembrance, Advice

  Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1905). “The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb: Letters, 1796-1834”

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• A child's a plaything for an hour.

  Mary Lamb

  Children, Hours, Our Children

  Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger, Mary Lamb “Works: The essays of Elia”

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