Charles Lamb Born: 1775-02-10 Birthplace: London, England Died: 1834-07-27 Location of Death: Edmundton, Middlesex, England Field: Author, Critic Info: Essays of Elia
Charles Lamb Quotes A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.
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- A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market. ...
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- A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer w ...
- Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts. ...
- Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among t ...
- Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's s ...
- He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. ...
- I always arrive late at the office, but I make up ...
- I am determined that my children shall be brought ...
- I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators ...
- I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible. ...
- Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. ...
- My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing fo ...
- New Year's Day is every man's birthday. ...
- No one ever regarded the First of January with ind ...
- Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire ...
- Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, ...
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