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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

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...

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...

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.

I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

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

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

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...

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

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...

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....