I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which...

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which...

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

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

Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.

Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind...

When I consider how little of a rarity children are that every street and blind...

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

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

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

I could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

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

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

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity....

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity....

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed...

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed...

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in...

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in...