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
+ There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Sweet, Valleys, Water, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ Positively, the best thing a man can have to do, is nothing, and next to that perhaps — good works. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Good Work, 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
+ In some respects the better a book is, the less it demands from the binding. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Binding, Book, Demand, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright, Ne’er carried a heart-stain away on its blade. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Blades, Heart, Stains, 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
+ The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Drinking, Sober, 0 - Charles Lamb Writer · England
+ Oh, breathe not his name! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour’d his relics are laid Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Lamb, Shade, Sleep, 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