Mary Lamb quotes
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“A child is fed with milk and praise.”
-- Mary LambSource : Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1908). “Tales for children. Poetry for children. Poems. Dramatic works”
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“It is well enough, when one is talking to a friend, to lodge in an odd word by way of counsel now and then; but there is something mighty irksome in its staring upon one in a letter, where one ought to see only kind words and friendly remembrances.”
-- Mary LambSource : Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1905). “The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb: Letters, 1796-1834”
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“A child's a plaything for an hour.”
-- Mary LambSource : Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger, Mary Lamb “Works: The essays of Elia”
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Source : A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books
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“Homogeneity is much to be admired - in milk, for instance - but not for parties.”
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Source : Any Number Can Play (1957) p. 105
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