“I conceive disgust at these impertinent and misbecoming familiarities inscribed upon your ordinary tombstone.”
Quote by Charles Lamb
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Charles Lamb
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'. more
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“Satire does not look pretty upon a tombstone.”
Source: The Works of Charles Lamb: To which are Prefixed, His Letters, and a Sketch of His Life
“It is good to have friends at court.”
Source: Essays of Elia
Source: Final Memorials of Charles Lamb; consisting chiefly of his Letters not before published, with sketches of some of his companions. By T. N. Talfourd
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“My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.”
“If there be a regal solitude, it is a sick-bed. How the patient lords it there!”
Source: Essays of Elia: To which are Added Letters, and Rosamund
“The Muses were dumb while Apollo lectured.”
Source: The Letters of Charles Lamb, with a sketch of his life. By T. N. Talfourd
“No work is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself,--the most unwholesome of food.”
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“We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study