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Charles Dickens quotes

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

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Charles Dickens quote: "Many a gentleman lives well upon a soft head, who would find a..."
Many a gentleman lives well upon a soft head, who would find a heart of the same quality a very great drawback. Charles Dickens
She dotes on poetry, sir. She adores it; I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. She has produced some delightful pieces, herself, sir. You may have met with her 'Ode to an Expiring Frog,' sir. Charles Dickens
Upon which, every man looked at his neighbour, and then all cast down their eyes and sat silent. Except one man, who got up and went out. Charles Dickens
his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. But, perhaps the confidential bachelor clerks in Tellson's Bank were principally occupied with the cares of other people; and perhaps second-hand cares, like second-hand clothes, come easily off and on. Charles Dickens
There's more of gravey than grave about you, whatever you are!" - Scrooge, referring to Marley's ghost which he believes is a hallucination from food poisoning Charles Dickens
I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess that no one can ever believe this narrative, in the reading, more than I have believed it in the writing. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "what wind blows you here? nit an ill wind, I hope"
what wind blows you here? nit an ill wind, I hope Charles Dickens
For a week or a fortnight I can write prodigiously in a retired place (as at Broadstairs), and a day in London sets me up again and starts me. But the toil and labour of writing, day after day, without that magic lantern, is IMMENSE!!... My figures seem disposed to stagnate without crowds about them. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her."
Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her. Charles Dickens
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
Charles Dickens quote: "The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do..."
The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you. Charles Dickens
Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens quote: "It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some..."
It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present. Charles Dickens
He was touched in the cavity where his heart should have been, in that nest of addled eggs, where the birds of heaven would have lived if they had not been whistled away, by the fervour of this reproach. Charles Dickens
That it is at least as difficult to stay a moral infection as a physical one; that such a disease will spread with the malignity and rapidity of the Plague; that the contagion, when it has once made head, will spare no pursuit or condition, but will lay hold on people in the soundest health, and become developed in the most unlikely constitutions; is a fact as firmly established by experience Charles Dickens

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