Then trust me, there's nothing like drinking So pleasant on this side the grave; It keeps the unhappy from thinking, And makes e'en the valiant more brave.
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His form was of the manliest beauty,
His heart was kind and soft,
Faithful, below, he did his ... CHARLES DIBDIN For though his body's under hatches,
His soul has gone aloft. CHARLES DIBDIN Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle?
He was all for love and a little for the bottle. CHARLES DIBDIN In every mess I find a friend,
In every port a wife. CHARLES DIBDIN There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft,
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. CHARLES DIBDIN For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft
To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. CHARLES DIBDIN A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill;
Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?
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Was, "The wind that blows, the ship that goes,
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CHARLES DARWIN The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is impor... CHARLES DARWIN It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most
intelligent, but the one most resp... CHARLES DARWIN It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the 'race is for the strong'... CHARLES DARWIN ...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance. CHARLES DARWIN I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find o... CHARLES LAMB The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own. CHARLES CHURCHILL Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses. CHARLES ELIOT You will never "find" time for anything. If you want time you must make it. CHARLES BUXTON Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, wor... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each ot... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear ... CHARLES SPURGEON Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, u... CHARLES BURNEY She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book. CHARLES LAMB Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929 I am disposed to say gra... CHARLES LAMB These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder. CHARLES LAMB The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accide... CHARLES LAMB We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair. CHARLES LAMB The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion hu... CHARLES COLTON Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press. CHARLES JAMES Pain is life--the sharper, the more evidence of life. CHARLES LAMB I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. CHARLES DEGAULLE Why did the Clinton Administration wait from 1995 to 1998 to tighten security and bolster counterint... CHARLES BASS The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the int... CHARLES SUMNER The age of chivalry has gone; the age of humanity has come. CHARLES SUMNER How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of... CHARLES LINDBERGH We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If they are good and true,... CHARLES KINGSLEY Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book! a message to us from the dead -- fr... CHARLES KINGSLEY Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book! A message to us from the dead, - fr... CHARLES KINGSLEY He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality. CHARLES LAMB Borrowers of books --those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creat... CHARLES LAMB I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and th... CHARLES LAMB