Creative Quotations from Charles Lamb (1775-1834)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Charles Lamb
(1775-1834) born on Feb 10

English "essayist, author". "The Mitre Courtier was master of the essay, e.g., "Essays of Elia," 1823."

Borrowers of books -- those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes."

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.

"Presents, I often say, endear absents."

We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.

"Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know."

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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	""Essays of Elia," "The Two Races of Men," 1820-23."
R:	"Last Essays of Elia, "Popular Fallacies: That the Worst Puns are the Best" (1833)."
A:	""Essays of Elia," "A Dissertation Upon Roast Pig," 1820-23."
N:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."