The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute trut

The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.

Author: Charles Lamb

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Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense and have her nonsense respected.

What is reading but silent conversation.

I could never hate anyone I knew.

My motto is: Contented with little yet wishing for more.

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.

The truth is, of course, that what one regards as interruptions are precisely one's life.