Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I 've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower But 't was the first to fade away. I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die.

Charles Lamb

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Cards are war, in disguise of a sport. by Charles Lamb

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

games sports war

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more. by Charles Lamb

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

contentment wish littles

A sweet child is the sweetest thing in nature. by Charles Lamb

A sweet child is the sweetest thing in nature.

sweetest sweet children

This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, Theres nothing true but Heaven.

shining men lying

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair. by Charles Lamb

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

age hair long

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. by Charles Lamb

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

political law children

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath m... by Charles Lamb

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

fools-day funny-inspirational spring

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.

new-year marriage years

For with G. D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to speak profanely) to be present with the Lord.

body speak sometimes

Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the bette... by Charles Lamb

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

gambling animal men

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leavi... by Charles Lamb

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

hilarious witty funny

How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself! by Charles Lamb

How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself!

cancer self men

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

deeds-done charity character

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality. by Charles Lamb

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

beauty reality

A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.

reading dog book

I hate the man who eats without knowing what he’s eating. I doubt his taste in more important things.

hate knowing men

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts. by Charles Lamb

Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.

cooking food inspire

I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

odd mean book

Riddle of destiny, who can show What thy short visit meant, or kn... by Charles Lamb

Riddle of destiny, who can show What thy short visit meant, or know What thy errand here below?

errands riddle destiny

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I... by Charles Lamb

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know.

hate attitude men