We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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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...

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

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...

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

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

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more...

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...

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

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

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

It is good to love the unknown.

It is good to love the unknown.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

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...

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

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...

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

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

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

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

Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of...

Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of...

Men are only as loyal as their options.

Men are only as loyal as their options.