Charles Dickens Quotes (53 quotations)
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26. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. - Charles Dickens
27. It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. - Charles Dickens
28. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. - Charles Dickens
29. Keep up appearances whatever you do. - Charles Dickens
30. Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. - Charles Dickens
31. Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. - Charles Dickens
32. No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. - Charles Dickens
33. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day. - Charles Dickens
34. Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. - Charles Dickens
35. Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some. - Charles Dickens
36. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. - Charles Dickens
37. So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. - Charles Dickens
38. Spring is the time of the year, when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade. - Charles Dickens
39. Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. - Charles Dickens
40. Tell Wind and Fire where to stop but don't tell me. - Charles Dickens
41. The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons. - Charles Dickens
42. The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you. - Charles Dickens
43. The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. - Charles Dickens
44. The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making. - Charles Dickens
45. The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists. - Charles Dickens
46. There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart. - Charles Dickens
47. There might be some credit in being jolly. - Charles Dickens
48. To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. - Charles Dickens
49. Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. - Charles Dickens
50. We need never be ashamed of our tears. - Charles Dickens
27. It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. - Charles Dickens
28. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all doing direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. - Charles Dickens
29. Keep up appearances whatever you do. - Charles Dickens
30. Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. - Charles Dickens
31. Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. - Charles Dickens
32. No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. - Charles Dickens
33. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day. - Charles Dickens
34. Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. - Charles Dickens
35. Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some. - Charles Dickens
36. Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. - Charles Dickens
37. So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise. - Charles Dickens
38. Spring is the time of the year, when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade. - Charles Dickens
39. Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. - Charles Dickens
40. Tell Wind and Fire where to stop but don't tell me. - Charles Dickens
41. The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons. - Charles Dickens
42. The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you. - Charles Dickens
43. The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. - Charles Dickens
44. The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making. - Charles Dickens
45. The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists. - Charles Dickens
46. There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart. - Charles Dickens
47. There might be some credit in being jolly. - Charles Dickens
48. To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. - Charles Dickens
49. Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. - Charles Dickens
50. We need never be ashamed of our tears. - Charles Dickens
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