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

Quote by Charles Lamb

Topics: Pain Quotes

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

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

I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

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.

The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.

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...

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...

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.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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

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

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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...

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...

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

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

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

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

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