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I never knew an enemy to puns who was not an ill-natured man.

Charles Lamb

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
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O money, money, how blindly thou hast been worshipped, and how stupidly abused! Thou are health and liberty and strength, and he that has thee may rattle his pockets at the foul fiend!
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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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