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Satire does not look pretty upon a tombstone.

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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
Satire
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Upon
Doe
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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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The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
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Literature is a bad crutch, but a good walking-stick.
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Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life.
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For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.
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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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By myself walking, To myself talking.
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The English writer, Charles Lamb, said one day: I hate that man. But you don't know him. Of course, I don't, said Lamb. Do you think I could possibly hate a man I know?
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The laws of Pluto's kingdom know small difference between king and cobbler, manager and call-boy and, if haply your dates of life were conterminant, you are quietly taking your passage, cheek by cheek (O ignoble levelling of Death) with the shade of some recently departed candle-snuffer.
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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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Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.
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Not if I know myself at all.
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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.
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Mother's love grows by giving.
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Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?
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