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Charles Lamb Quotes

«It [a pun] is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.»
«I hate a man who swallows it [his food], affecting not to know what he is eating. I suspect his taste in higher matters.»
«Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door»
Author: Charles Lamb (Critic, Essayist, Poet) | Keywords: exceed, include, urban
«Opinions is a species of property - I am always desirous of sharing»
Author: Charles Lamb (Critic, Essayist, Poet) | About: Opinions | Keywords: desirous
«The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident»
Author: Charles Lamb (Critic, Essayist, Poet) | About: Pleasure | Keywords: stealth
«The beggar wears all colors fearing none.»
Author: Charles Lamb (Critic, Essayist, Poet) | Keywords: beggar, fearing
«I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices - made up of likings and dislikings.»
«Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.»
Author: Charles Lamb (Critic, Essayist, Poet) | Keywords: gaming
«He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.»
«Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.»

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