Author Profile
Charles Lamb
1775 – 1834 • English • Critic
45
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 45 quotesWe 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.— Charles Lamb
I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.— Charles Lamb
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.— Charles Lamb
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.— Charles Lamb
The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.— Charles Lamb
Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.— Charles Lamb
Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.— Charles Lamb