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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Borrowers of books, those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators...

Borrowers of books, those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators...

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

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

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

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.

The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you...

The trumpet does no more stun you by its loudness, than a whisper teases you...

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....

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a...

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a...

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...

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life

Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life

It is good to love the unknown.

It is good to love the unknown.

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...

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

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

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.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

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

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

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.

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...

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.