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Mary Lamb Quotes

A child is fed with milk and praise.

A child is fed with milk and praise.

Mary Lamb
Children, Milk, Praise
Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1908). “Tales for children. Poetry for children. Poems. Dramatic works”

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 Lamb
Talking, Remembrance, Advice
Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb (1905). “The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb: Letters, 1796-1834”

A child's a plaything for an hour.

Mary Lamb
Children, Hours, Our Children
Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger, Mary Lamb “Works: The essays of Elia”

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