What did Charles Lamb mean by: The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days. - Charles Lamb Writer · England Copy
+ Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Character, Nerves, Wit, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ To pile up honey upon sugar, and sugar upon honey, to an interminable tedious sweetness. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Honey, Sugar, Sweetness, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Book, Originality, Reading, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early. Feraz Zeid, January 20, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Office, Time, Work, 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
+ If there be a regal solitude, it is a sick-bed. How the patient lords it there! Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Bed, Sick, Solitude, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Curiosity, Disappointment, Feelings, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Memories, Soul, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others. - Ludwig Bemelmans Illustrator · Austria
Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
There are fewer things more thrilling in life than lumpy letters. That rattle. - Jean Shepherd Radio personality and writer
I am a painter with letters. I want to restore everything, mix everything up and say everything. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
I have a large number of cassettes, but I look at them mainly for reference purposes. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
I receive letters from workers, from secretaries. . . . They are the most interesting ones. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England