"And both these effects are of equal use to human life; for the mind of man is like the sea, which is neither agreeable to the beholder nor the voyager, in a calm or in a storm, but is so to both when a little agitated by gentle gales; and so the mind, when moved by soft and easy passions or affectations."
— Lamb, Charles (1775-1834)
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Date
March, 1826
Metaphor
"And both these effects are of equal use to human life; for the mind of man is like the sea, which is neither agreeable to the beholder nor the voyager, in a calm or in a storm, but is so to both when a little agitated by gentle gales; and so the mind, when moved by soft and easy passions or affectations."
Metaphor in Context
And both these effects are of equal use to human life; for the mind of man is like the sea, which is neither agreeable to the beholder nor the voyager, in a calm or in a storm, but is so to both when a little agitated by gentle gales; and so the mind, when moved by soft and easy passions or affectations. I know very well that many who pretend to be wise by the forms of being grave, are apt to despise both poetry and music.
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Provenance
Contributed by Suzanne Morgen searching “A Dictionary of Similes” by Frank Jenners Wilstach
Citation
Charles Lamb, "The Genteel Style in Writing," New Monthly Magazine. March, 1826.
Date of Entry
12/03/2009
Date of Review
06/16/2010
