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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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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

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...

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...

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

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

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

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...

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...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in...

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in...

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.

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself

The world more often rewards the appearance of merit than merit itself

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of...

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of...