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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

Opinions is a species of property - I am always desirous of sharing

Opinions is a species of property - I am always desirous of sharing

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...

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

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.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving...

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

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...

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...