Eye Quote by Charles Lamb

“Men marry for fortune, and sometimes to please their fancy; but, much oftener than is suspected, they consider what the world will say of it--how such a woman in their friends' eyes will look at the head of a table. Hence we see so many insipid beauties made wives of, that could not have struck the particular fancy of any man that had any fancy at all.”

Charles Lamb

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In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice.

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To sigh, yet feel no pain; To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by.

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“I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading.”

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Summer, as my friend Coleridge waggishly writes, has set in with its usual severity.

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Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

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I counsel thee, shut not thy heart, nor thy library.

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My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it.

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I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the carriage door. We shall return to the house." Beth smiled up at Christian. "Shall we adjourn to the house to get some ointment for your hands and a bath, my love?" His eyes lit. "A bath?"…

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Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always let it keep rolling.

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But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.

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Clearly, when we baptize, our eyes should gaze beyond the baptismal font to the holy temple. The great garner into which the sheaves should…

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At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are.

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