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Charles Dickens quotes

English Novelist, Writer February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870

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Charles Dickens quote: "Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never..."
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts Charles Dickens
So wicked do destruction and secrecy appear to honest minds, that Mr Lorry and Miss Pross, while engaged in the commission of their deed and in the removal of its traces, almost felt, and almost looked, like accomplices in a horrible crime. Charles Dickens
Gentlemen," returned Mr. Micawber, "do with me as you will! I am a straw upon the surface of the deep, and am tossed in all directions by the elephants- I beg your pardon; I should have said the elements. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone."
Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone. Charles Dickens
He lived in chambers that had once belonged to his deceased partner. They were a gloomy suite of rooms, in a lowering pile of building up a yard, where it had so little business to be, that one could scarcely help fancying it must have run there when it was a young house, playing at hide-and-seek with other houses, and forgotten the way out again. Charles Dickens
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman. Charles Dickens
Ah!' he said, slowly turning his eyes towards me. 'Well! If you was writin' to her, p'raps you'd recollect to say that Barkis was willin'; would you?' 'That Barkis is willing,' I repeated, innocently. 'Is that all the message?' 'Ye-es,' he said, considering. 'Ye-es. Barkis is willin Charles Dickens
There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of..."
There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "We men of business, who serve a House, are not our own..."
We men of business, who serve a House, are not our own masters. We have to think of the House more than ourselves Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape."
I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "I thought her looking as she always does: superior in all..."
I thought her looking as she always does: superior in all respects to everyone around her Charles Dickens
He didn’t at all see why the busy bee should be proposed as a model to him; he supposed the Bee liked to make honey, or he wouldn’t do it — nobody asked him. It was not necessary for the bee to make such a merit of his tastes. Charles Dickens
The mother who lay in the grave, was the mother of my infancy; the little creature in her arms, was myself, as I had once been, hushed for ever on her bosom. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "The carpenter's daughter has won a name for herself, and..."
The carpenter's daughter has won a name for herself, and deserved to win it Charles Dickens

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