Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to...

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to...

The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet...

The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet...

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what...

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

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

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

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

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...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

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

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

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.