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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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...

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

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...

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...

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

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

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

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...

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...

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...

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if...

I could never hate anyone I knew

I could never hate anyone I knew

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...

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...

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.

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in...

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and rural sounds, exceed in...

They may be America's last pioneers, urban nomads in search of wide open interior spaces.

They may be America's last pioneers, urban nomads in search of wide open interior spaces.

How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.

How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.