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Charles Lamb (February 10, 1775 - December 27, 1834) was an English writer known for his essays and literary criticism. Lamb is celebrated for his unique sense of humor and profound insights into everyday life. His most famous works include 'Elias Ward' and 'The Tales of a Grandfather'.

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“I grow ominously tired of official confinement. Thirty years have I served the Philistines, and my neck is not subdued to the yoke. You don't know how wearisome it is to breathe the air of four pent walls without relief day after day, all the golden hours of the day between ten and four without ease or interposition ... these pestilential clerk-faces always in one's dish. O for a few years between the grave and the desk!”

Source: The letters of Charles Lamb, with a sketch of his life. The poetical works

“I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.”

Years Asks Wish Prayer Lord Rich Gay Wiser

Book:The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb

Source: The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb

“New Year's Day is every man's birthday.”

“Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year.”

Source: The Works of Charles Lamb: Complete in One Volume. With a Sketch of His Life, by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, D.C.L.

“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.”

Source: The Essays of Elia

“Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken; The eyes that shone Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken.”

Love Years Heart Light Eye Night Memories Gone Tears Broken Bounds Chains Cheerful Slumber Boyhood Fond Memories

Author:Charles Lamb

“Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years,- One minute of heaven is worth them all.”

Years Heaven Pleasure Minutes Endless Spheres One Minute Year One

Author:Charles Lamb

“No one ever regarded the first of January with indifference.”

Source: The Essays of Elia