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
Presents, I often say, endear absents.
practice enjoy-life theory
My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.
birthday new-year holiday
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
sports pain hours
To sigh, yet feel no pain; To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by.
opinion species property
Opinions is a species of property - I am always desirous of sharing.
friends court
It is good to have friends at court.
men animal gambling
Man is a gaming animal.
hate men thinking
The English writer, Charles Lamb, said one day: "I hate that man." "But you don't know him." "Of course, I don't," said Lamb. "Do you think I could possibly hate a man I know?"
thinking may way
You may derive thoughts from others; your way of thinking, the mould in which your thoughts are cast, must be your own.
men self dimensions
How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself!
sports war squash
Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.
hands dirt trump
If dirt were trumps, what hands you would hold!
laughter laughing hundred
A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.
irrelevant nature poor relation
A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature