What is reading, but silent conversation.

Quote by Charles Lamb

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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.

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

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...

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...

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity....

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity....

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

The beggar wears all colors fearing none.

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...

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

Anything awful makes me laugh. I misbehaved once at a funeral.

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...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

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 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.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

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.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.