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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

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
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I am, in plainer words, a bundle of prejudices - made up of likings and dislikings.
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No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us.
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To pile up honey upon sugar, and sugar upon honey, to an interminable tedious sweetness.
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