To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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

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

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

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

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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...

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have...

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have...

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...

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...

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

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

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

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...

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

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.

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...

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which...

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which...

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.

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...

Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be...

Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be...

I'm all done with hating you. It's all washed out of me. I hate people...

I'm all done with hating you. It's all washed out of me. I hate people...

Don't worry about hurting me, if that's what you're afraid of. I want to get...

Don't worry about hurting me, if that's what you're afraid of. I want to get...