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

Quote by Charles Lamb

Topics: Irony Quotes

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should...

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should...

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.

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...

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.

My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.

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...

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

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...

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome...

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome...

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...

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known...

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

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

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

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

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

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.

It really hurts that we are not friends anymore. We walk pass each other in...

It really hurts that we are not friends anymore. We walk pass each other in...

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,...

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,...