This very night I am going to leave off tobacco! Surely there must be …

Charles Lamb
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This very night I am going to leave off tobacco! Surely there must be some other world in which this unconquerable purpose shall be realised. ✨ Letter to Thomas Manning, 26 December 1815, in E. Marrs (ed.) 'The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb' vol. 3 (1978) p. 207
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My theory is to enjoy life, but my practice is against it. ✨ The Works of Charles Lamb.
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The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend. ✨ 'Essays of Elia' (1823) 'The Two Races of Men'
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We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger. ✨ Charles Lamb (1835). Essays of Elia: To which are Added Letters, and Rosamund, a Tale, p.276

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