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

Quote by Charles Lamb

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

I could never hate anyone I knew.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

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...