Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Quote by Charles Lamb

Topics: War Quotes

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving...

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving...

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of...

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony if you are unhappily blessed with a vein of...

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to...

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to...

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

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

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

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

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

It is good to love the unknown.

It is good to love the unknown.

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the...

Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the...

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

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

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

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...

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.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

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

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