English - Critic | February 10, 1775 - December 27, 1834
My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
Charles Lamb
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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.
ChildhoodSchoolSchool DaysOld
New Year's Day is every man's birthday.
BirthdayNew Year'sDayManYear
My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.
LifeEnjoy LifePracticeEnjoy
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.
BeautySoulShineYouBodyTrue
Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.
BeautyLiveRealityOwnUsOur
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
ManAnimalBetterTryingGamingGet
What is reading, but silent conversation.
ReadingConversationSilent
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
FriendshipPrivilegeTalkNonsense
The beggar wears all colors fearing none.
ColorsNoneBeggarWearsFearing
A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.
LaughWorthMarketAnyHundred
Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
WorldI CanFoolsMoreAprilSee
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