What did Charles Lamb mean by: The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. - Charles Lamb Writer · England Copy
+ Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected. Feraz Zeid, July 11, 2023December 29, 2023, Charles Lamb, Friendship, Nonsense, Privilege, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Likes, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ I never knew an enemy to puns who was not an ill-natured man. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Enemy, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ My only books Were woman’s looks,- And folly ‘s all they ‘ve taught me. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Book, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Animal, Gambling, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ An album is a garden, not for show Planted, but use; where wholesome herbs should grow. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Albums, Garden, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ I love to lose myself in other men’s minds…. Books think for me. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Book, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ No work is worse than overwork; the mind preys on itself,–the most unwholesome of food. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Mind, Prey, Work, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough. - Jeremy Jackson Professor
Taxing less and spending more.. it’s fun in the short run, but it’s a recipe for disaster. - William J. Clinton Politician · USA
My hometown was so dull that one time the tide went out and never came back. - Fred Allen Comedian · USA
Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask. - Mary Renault Author · United Kingdom
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
Genes are biochemical recipes written in a four-letter alphabet called DNA. - Matt Ridley Author · England
Recipe for the upbringing of a poet: ‘As much neurosis as the child can bear. - W. H. Auden Poet · England
Music-hall songs provide the dull with wit, just as proverbs provide them with wisdom. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom