Charles Lamb Quotes

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• My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

  Charles Lamb

  Wish, Contentment, Littles

  Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd (1838). “The letters of Charles Lamb, with a sketch of his life. The poetical works”, p.89

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• You may derive thoughts from others; your way of thinking, the mould in which your thoughts are cast, must be your own.

  Charles Lamb

  Thinking, May, Way

  Charles Lamb (1839). “Essays of Elia: To which are Added Letters, and Rosamund”, p.52

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• Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

  Charles Lamb

  Sports, War, Games

  Charles Lamb (1845). “The Essays of Elia: First Series. [Second Series.]”, p.45

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• I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

  Charles Lamb

  Age, Aging, Grows

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• Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have nonsense respected.

  Charles Lamb

  Friendship, Inspiring, Funny Best Friend

  "The Works of Charles Lamb".

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• I hate a man who swallows [his food], affecting not to know what he is eating. I suspect his taste in higher matters.

  Charles Lamb

  Hate, Men, Matter

  "Charles Lamb: Selected Writings".

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• I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

  Charles Lamb

  Funny, Hilarious, Witty

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• The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

  Charles Lamb

  Character, Deeds Done, Charity

  "The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb".

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• My theory is to enjoy life, but my practice is against it.

  Charles Lamb

  Practice, Enjoy Life, Theory

  "The Works of Charles Lamb".

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• The harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er; And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more.

  Charles Lamb

  Music, Wall, Heart

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• And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.

  Charles Lamb

  Memories, Long, Soul

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• We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger.

  Charles Lamb

  Poverty

  Charles Lamb (1835). “Essays of Elia: To which are Added Letters, and Rosamund, a Tale”, p.276

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• Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

  Charles Lamb

  Beauty, Reality

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

  Charles Lamb

  Hate, Men, Knowing

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• The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.

  Charles Lamb

  Men, Race, Two

  'Essays of Elia' (1823) 'The Two Races of Men'

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• A sweet child is the sweetest thing in nature.

  Charles Lamb

  Sweet, Children, Sweetest

  'Essays of Elia' (1823) 'A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People'

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• Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

  Charles Lamb

  Children, Law, Political

  Essays of Elia "The Old Benchers of the Inner Temple" (1823)

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• A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

  Charles Lamb

  Laughter, Laughing, Hundred

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• The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.

  Charles Lamb

  Men, Likes, Wells

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• Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

  Charles Lamb

  Funny Inspirational, Spring, Fools Day

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• Trample not on the ruins of a man.

  Charles Lamb

  Men, Ruins

  Charles Lamb (2012). “Charles Lamb: Selected Writings”, p.80, Routledge

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• Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.

  Charles Lamb

  Men, Animal, Gambling

  Charles Lamb (1835). “Essays of Elia”, p.40

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• Cultivate simplicity or rather should I say banish elaborateness, for simplicity springs spontaneous from the heart.

  Charles Lamb

  Spring, Heart, Simplicity

  Charles Lamb, Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1854). “Talfourd, T. N. Life and letters”, p.38

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• We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

  Charles Lamb

  Hair, Long, Age

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• I ask and wish not to appear
  More beauteous, rich or gay:
  Lord, make me wiser every year,
  And better every day.

  Charles Lamb

  Prayer, Gay, Years

  Charles Lamb (2008). “The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb”, p.456, Cosimo, Inc.

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