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Charles Lamb Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Born: Feb 10, 1775
  • Died: Dec 27, 1834

Charles Lamb was an English writer and essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb.

He also wrote a number of poems, and was part of a literary circle in England, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, whom he befriended. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature".

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth. truth

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport. war

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. the law

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. the law

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is. religion

New Year's Day is every man's birthday. birthday

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend. best

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality. beauty

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength. strength

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected. friendship

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