Quotes by Lamb, Charles

A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of imp >>

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I nev >>

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol l >>

Quotations about Family

The striking point about our model family is not simply the compete-co >>

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spi >>

In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but t >>

A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of our prosperity. He is known by his knock.

Lamb, Charles