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«We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before we have existence, and a name.»
Author: Charles Lamb
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
less than nothing, Lethe, might-have-been, shores, tedious
«Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.»
Author: Charles Lamb
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
funeral, misbehave, misbehaved, misbehaving
«We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.»
«A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.»
«Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.»
Author: Charles Lamb
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Gifts
| Keywords:
engage, knack, substantial, The Knack
«The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you by its provoking inaudibility»
«New Year's Day is every man's birthday.»
«Angel-duck, angel-duck, winged and silly, / Pouring a watering-pot over a lily.»
Author: Charles Lamb
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
duck, lily, pot, pouring, watering, watering pot, water lily, winged
«The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen»
Author: Charles Lamb
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| Keywords:
choosing, finds, for good measure, likes, measure
«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.»
Author: Charles Lamb
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
New Year
| Keywords:
Adam, date, First Date, Nativity
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