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Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929 I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other read more

Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929 I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting or a solved problem. Why have we none for books, those spiritual repasts -- a grace before Milton, a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading [Spenser]?

by Charles Lamb Found in: Christianity Quotes,
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Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Credulity Quotes,
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No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and read more

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.

by Charles Lamb Found in: New year Quotes,
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We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an read more

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Taste Quotes,
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To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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