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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

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...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the...

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot...

When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot...