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A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company everybody is so much more ready to produce his own, than to call for a display of your acquisitions.

Charles Lamb

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Men
Knowledge
Scarce
Found
Mixed
Littles
Display
May
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Little
Ready
Wells
Everybody
Well
Company
Acquisitions
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Acquisition

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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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I love to lose myself in other men's minds.... Books think for me.
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