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Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of it.

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Blessed Clap Irony Vein You Your

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I love to lose myself in other men's minds.

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Lose Love Men Minds Myself Other I Love

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The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Appearance Attractive Beauty Belief Body Common Disdain Error Leaking Made Matters Most Places Possibility Shine Should Soul Superficial Through True True Beauty Where You Your Your Body

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

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Friendship Her Nonsense Privilege Respected Talk Tis

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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.

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Always Am Another Being Encourage Excellent Gain Longing Mediocrity Men More Myself Nothing Ourselves Than I Am

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

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Accident Action Found Good Good Action Greatest Greatest Pleasure Know Out Pleasure Stealth

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Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less.

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Less Me More Nothing Puzzles Space Than Time Time And Space Troubles

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The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Become Days Now Purposes

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Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Evidence Life More Pain Sharper

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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.

~Charles Lamb

Topics: Engage Gifts Gratitude Knack Nothing People Putting Real Real Value Some Some People Substantial Thank Them Value You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Critic

Born: February 10th, 1775

Died: December 27th, 1834

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