Charles Lamb Quotes


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.


Citations

Lamb, Charles. The Letters of Charles Lamb. Edited by Alfred Ainger, vol. 1, Macmillan, 1904, p. 130.

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Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb
  • Born: February 10, 1775
  • Died: December 27, 1834
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Critic

Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).