"Who first invented work, and bound the free……" — Charles Lamb
"Who first invented work, and bound the free And holiday-rejoicing spirit down . . . . To that dry drudgery at the desk's dead wood? . . . . Sabbathless Satan!"
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192 Quotes by Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb has 192 quotes on this site.
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Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing…
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Mother's love grows by giving.
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Gone before To that unknown and silent shore.
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As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in…
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A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it.
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No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and…
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We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger.
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The most mortifying infirmity in human nature, to feel in ourselves, or to contemplate in another, is perhaps cowardice.
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The drinking man is never less himself than during his sober intervals.
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A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody…
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Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new…
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His voice was the most obnoxious squeak I ever was tormented with.
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More Bound Quotes
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I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults.…
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I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that…
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If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will…
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By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein.
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I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and…
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Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to…
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The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were…
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Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the…
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April is a promise that May is bound to keep.
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It is unrealistic to expect an entire profession to be completely good. There are bound to be some individuals who…
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After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake…
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All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.
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