Quotes by Charles Lamb

About Charles Lamb:

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 (1764–1847).
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Lawyers, I suppose were once children.

Charles Lamb

The young man till thirty, never feels practically that he is mortal. He knows it indeed, and, if need were, he could preach a homily on the fragility of life; but he brings it not home to himself, any more than in a hot June we can appropriate to ou...

Charles Lamb

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.

Charles Lamb

The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.

Charles Lamb

It is good to love the unknown.

Charles Lamb

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Charles Lamb

Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less.

Charles Lamb

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

Charles Lamb

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

Charles Lamb

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Charles Lamb

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

Charles Lamb

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.

Charles Lamb

Author Bio

  • NameCharles Lamb
  • DescriptionEnglish essayist
  • BornFebruary 10, 1775
  • DiedDecember 27, 1834
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet; Playwright