Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb
Charles Lambwas an English writer and essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth10 February 1775
men smoking toil
I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.
food inspire cooking
Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.
new-year holiday years
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.
attitude hate men
Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know.
men two race
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.
children law political
Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.
new-year years old-year
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.
funny hilarious witty
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.
dog book reading
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.
funny-inspirational spring fools-day
Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
contentment wish littles
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
lying men shining
This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, Theres nothing true but Heaven.
sports war squash
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
books borrowers creators odd
Borrowers of books --those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.