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The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.
Charles Lamb
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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
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There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet.
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Oh call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold.
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Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.
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The pilasters reaching down were adorned with a glistering substance (I know not what) under glass (as it seemed), resembling - a homely fancy, but I judged it to be sugar-candy yet to my raised imagination, divested of its homelier qualities, it appeared a glorified candy.
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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.
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When twilight dews are falling soft Upon the rosy sea, love, I watch the star whose beam so oft Has lighted me to thee, love.
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We 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.
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The cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion.
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'T is sweet to think that where'er we rove We are sure to find something blissful and dear And that when we 're far from the lips we love, We 've but to make love to the lips we are near.
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Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.
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Satire does not look pretty upon a tombstone.
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English physicians kill you, the French let you die.
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Asparagus inspires gentle thoughts.
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To pile up honey upon sugar, and sugar upon honey, to an interminable tedious sweetness.
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She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.
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Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket.
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In every thing that relates to science, I am a whole Encyclopaedia behind the rest of the world.
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You look wise, pray correct that error.
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A man can never have too much Time to himself, nor too little to do. Had I a little son, I would christen him Nothing-To-Do he should do nothing. Man, I verily believe, is out of his element as long as he is operative. I am altogether for the life contemplative.
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