Charles Lamb

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#book #books #dying #give #just

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#book #her #mind #over #she

The beggar wears all colors fearing none. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#colors #fearing #none #wears

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. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#best #borrow #composed #distinct #form

The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#fleet #man #melancholy #must #rare

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#chosen #finds #good #likes #man

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

— Charles Lamb

#days #intents #now #purposes

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#absolute truth #allowed #content #him #latitude

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#little #more #motto #my motto #wishing

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#monarchical #prerogatives #sick