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Charles Dickens quotes: Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it. Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.
Charles Dickens quotes: Use - to live by his own industry in England, rather than on the industry of the overladen people of France. Use - to live by his own industry in England, rather than on the industry of the overladen people of France.
Charles Dickens quotes: The mice have gnawed at it, and sharper teeth than teeth of mice have gnawed at me. The mice have gnawed at it, and sharper teeth than teeth of mice have gnawed at me.
Charles Dickens quotes: ...a gallon of condescension, upon everybody... ...a gallon of condescension, upon everybody...
Charles Dickens quotes: If man would help some of us a little more, God would forgive us all the sooner perhaps.' But If man would help some of us a little more, God would forgive us all the sooner perhaps.' But
Charles Dickens quotes: APPENDIX 4 THE THIEVES' LANGUAGE IN OLIVER TWIST APPENDIX 4 THE THIEVES' LANGUAGE IN OLIVER TWIST
Charles Dickens quotes: Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured
Charles Dickens quotes: Little Dorrit that she had not seen Mr F.'s Aunt so full of life and character for weeks; that she would find it necessary to Little Dorrit that she had not seen Mr F.'s Aunt so full of life and character for weeks; that she would find it necessary to
Charles Dickens quotes: Yes. I'm going to take a holiday. More than that; I'm going to take a walk. More than that; I'm going to ask you to take a walk with me. Yes. I'm going to take a holiday. More than that; I'm going to take a walk. More than that; I'm going to ask you to take a walk with me.
Charles Dickens quotes: Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
Charles Dickens quotes: In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the diseasea terrible passing inclination to die of it. In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the disease
a terrible passing inclination to die of it.
Charles Dickens quotes: Are tears the dewdrops of the heart? Are tears the dewdrops of the heart?
Charles Dickens quotes: Come in, come in! and know me better, man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the like of me before! Come in,
come in! and know me better, man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the like of me before!
Charles Dickens quotes: There is a wisdom of the head, and ... there is a wisdom of the heart. There is a wisdom of the head, and ... there is a wisdom of the heart.
Charles Dickens quotes: She indulged in melancholy - that cheapest and most accessible of luxuries. She indulged in melancholy - that cheapest and most accessible of luxuries.
Charles Dickens quotes: I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing. I have been, as the phrase is, liberally educated, and am fit for nothing.
Charles Dickens quotes: it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished. If it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished. If
Charles Dickens quotes: tergiversation and tergiversation and
Charles Dickens quotes: I have read in your face, as plain as if it was a book, that but for some trouble and sorrow we should never know half the good there is I have read in your face, as plain as if it was a book, that but for some trouble and sorrow we should never know half the good there is about us.
Charles Dickens quotes: Plea XXI. Echoing Footsteps XXII. The Sea Still Rises XXIII. Fire Rises XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock Book Plea XXI. Echoing Footsteps XXII. The Sea Still Rises XXIII. Fire Rises XXIV. Drawn to the Loadstone Rock Book
Charles Dickens quotes: We all did what we undertake to do, as faithfully as Herbert did, we might live in a Republic of the Virtues. We all did what we undertake to do, as faithfully as Herbert did, we might live in a Republic of the Virtues.
Charles Dickens quotes: We part with tender relations stretching far behind us, that never can be exactly renewed, and with others dawning - yet before us ... We part with tender relations stretching far behind us, that never can be exactly renewed, and with others dawning - yet before us ...
Charles Dickens quotes: Your manners have been of that silent and sullen and hangdog kind, that, upon my life and soul, I have been ashamed of you, Sydney! Your manners have been of that silent and sullen and hangdog kind, that, upon my life and soul, I have been ashamed of you, Sydney!
Charles Dickens quotes: But the words she spoke of Mrs Harris, lambs could not forgive ... nor worms forget. But the words she spoke of Mrs Harris, lambs could not forgive ... nor worms forget.
Charles Dickens quotes: Give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister, - Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. As Give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister, - Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. As
Charles Dickens quotes: I'm a devil at a quick mistake, and when I make one it takes the form of Lead. I'm a devil at a quick mistake, and when I make one it takes the form of Lead.
Charles Dickens quotes: The beauty of the earth is but a breath, and man is but a shadow. What sympathy should a holy preacher have with either? The beauty of the earth is but a breath, and man is but a shadow. What sympathy should a holy preacher have with either?
Charles Dickens quotes: The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
Charles Dickens quotes: One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth. One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
Charles Dickens quotes: Get out of this office! I'll have no feelings here. Get out of this office! I'll have no feelings here.
Charles Dickens quotes: Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait. Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait.
Charles Dickens quotes: Troubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and flying in flocks are apt to perch capriciously. Troubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and flying in flocks are apt to perch capriciously.
Charles Dickens quotes: CHAPTER XVI RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY CHAPTER XVI RELATES WHAT BECAME OF OLIVER TWIST, AFTER HE HAD BEEN CLAIMED BY NANCY
Charles Dickens quotes: He then begs to make his dear Twemlow known to his two friends, Mr. Boots and Mr. Brewer - and clearly has no distinct idea which is which. He then begs to make his dear Twemlow known to his two friends, Mr. Boots and Mr. Brewer - and clearly has no distinct idea which is which.
Charles Dickens quotes: It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand. It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's hand.
Charles Dickens quotes: I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together. I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.
Charles Dickens quotes: She led me to believe we will going fast because her thoughts were going fast. She led me to believe we will going fast because her thoughts were going fast.
Charles Dickens quotes: Can you - can you sit down?" asked Scrooge, looking doubtfully at him. "I can." "Do it, then." Scrooge asked Can you - can you sit down?" asked Scrooge, looking doubtfully at him. "I can." "Do it, then." Scrooge asked
Charles Dickens quotes: On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners. On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.
Charles Dickens quotes: Will you never understand that I am incorrigible? Will you never understand that I am incorrigible?
Charles Dickens quotes: Eccentricities of genius. Eccentricities of genius.
Charles Dickens quotes: (a specially oily old gentleman in a blanket, with a swan's-down tippet for a beard, and a web of cracks all over him like rich pie-crust), (a specially oily old gentleman in a blanket, with a swan's-down tippet for a beard, and a web of cracks all over him like rich pie-crust),
Charles Dickens quotes: Possibly we might even improve the world a little, if we got up early in the morning, and took off our coats to the work. Possibly we might even improve the world a little, if we got up early in the morning, and took off our coats to the work.
Charles Dickens quotes: Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess! Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
Charles Dickens quotes: The ocean asks for nothing but those who stand by her shores gradually attune themselves to her rhythm. The ocean asks for nothing but those who stand by her shores gradually attune themselves to her rhythm.
Charles Dickens quotes: Dickens writes that an event, began to be forgotten, as most affairs are, when wonder, having no fresh food to support it, dies away of itself. Dickens writes that an event, began to be forgotten, as most affairs are, when wonder, having no fresh food to support it, dies away of itself.
Charles Dickens quotes: In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted
Charles Dickens quotes: Such is the sleight of hand by which we juggle with ourselves, and change our very weaknesses into stanch and most magnanimous virtues! Such is the sleight of hand by which we juggle with ourselves, and change our very weaknesses into stanch and most magnanimous virtues!
Charles Dickens quotes: bad lobster in a dark cellar. It bad lobster in a dark cellar. It
Charles Dickens quotes: No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot. No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.
Charles Dickens quotes: She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good. She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good.
Charles Dickens quotes: Preparation V. The Wine-shop VI. The Shoemaker Book the Second - the Golden Thread I. Five Preparation V. The Wine-shop VI. The Shoemaker Book the Second - the Golden Thread I. Five
Charles Dickens quotes: But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat. But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat.
Charles Dickens quotes: A word in earnest is as good as a speech. A word in earnest is as good as a speech.
Charles Dickens quotes: Make the betht of uth; not the wurtht! Make the betht of uth; not the wurtht!
Charles Dickens quotes: Could not have seemed to myself further from my hopes when I was nearest to her. The Could not have seemed to myself further from my hopes when I was nearest to her. The
Charles Dickens quotes: Nothing of what is nobly done is ever lost. Nothing of what is nobly done is ever lost.
Charles Dickens quotes: Women can always put things in fewest words. Except when it's blowing up; and then they lengthens it out. Women can always put things in fewest words. Except when it's blowing up; and then they lengthens it out.
Charles Dickens quotes: Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
Charles Dickens quotes: Judiciously show a cat, milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day. Judiciously show a cat, milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it down one day.
Charles Dickens quotes: When should I awaken the heart within her that was mute and sleeping now? When should I awaken the heart within her that was mute and sleeping now?
Charles Dickens quotes: I, trembling in spirit and worshipping the very hem of her dress; she, quite composed and most decidedly not worshipping the hem of mine. I, trembling in spirit and worshipping the very hem of her dress; she, quite composed and most decidedly not worshipping the hem of mine.
Charles Dickens quotes: Why then we should drop into poetry. Why then we should drop into poetry.
Charles Dickens quotes: I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
Charles Dickens quotes: All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them. All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.
Charles Dickens quotes: Him to sea. The board, in imitation of so wise and salutary Him to sea. The board, in imitation of so wise and salutary
Charles Dickens quotes: A boy's story is the best that is ever told. A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
Charles Dickens quotes: It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it It is well for a man to respect his own vocation whatever it is and to think himself bound to uphold it and to claim for it the respect it deserves
Charles Dickens quotes: When we have done our very, very best, papa, and that is not enough, then I think the right time must have come for asking help of others. When we have done our very, very best, papa, and that is not enough, then I think the right time must have come for asking help of others.
Charles Dickens quotes: The last trumpet ever to be sounded shall blow even algebra to wreck. The last trumpet ever to be sounded shall blow even algebra to wreck.
Charles Dickens quotes: hippo-comedietta hippo-comedietta
Charles Dickens quotes: Here is a new game," said Scrooge. "One half hour, Spirit, only one! Here is a new game," said Scrooge. "One half hour, Spirit, only one!
Charles Dickens quotes: Never imitate the eccentricities of genius, but toil after it in its truer flights. They are not so easy to follow, but they lead to higher regions. Never imitate the eccentricities of genius, but toil after it in its truer flights. They are not so easy to follow, but they lead to higher regions.
Charles Dickens quotes: He couldn't finish the name. The final letter swelled in his throat, to the size of the whole alphabet. He couldn't finish the name. The final letter swelled in his throat, to the size of the whole alphabet.
Charles Dickens quotes: Book the First - Recalled to Life Book the First - Recalled to Life
Charles Dickens quotes: Trifles make the sum of life. Trifles make the sum of life.
Charles Dickens quotes: Come! Let us make that bargain. Think of me at my best, if circumstances should ever part us! Come! Let us make that bargain. Think of me at my best, if circumstances should ever part us!
Charles Dickens quotes: Door VIII. A Hand at Cards IX. The Game Made X. The Substance of the Shadow Door VIII. A Hand at Cards IX. The Game Made X. The Substance of the Shadow
Charles Dickens quotes: Upon my word and honour I seem to be fated, and destined, and ordained, to live in the midst of things that I am never to hear the last of. Upon my word and honour I seem to be fated, and destined, and ordained, to live in the midst of things that I am never to hear the last of.
Charles Dickens quotes: The United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Delivery Company. The United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Delivery Company.
Charles Dickens quotes: It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back. It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
Charles Dickens quotes: My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs. My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.
Charles Dickens quotes: "You see," said Mr. Toots, "what I wanted in a wife was - in short, was sense. Money, Feeder, I had. Sense I - I had not, particularly." "You see," said Mr. Toots, "what I wanted in a wife was - in short, was sense. Money, Feeder, I had. Sense I - I had not, particularly."
Charles Dickens quotes: ...[their] children were not growing up or being brought up, but were tumbling up. ...[their] children were not growing up or being brought up, but were tumbling up.
Charles Dickens quotes: Your sister Betsey Trotwood... Your sister Betsey Trotwood...
Charles Dickens quotes: I am not old, but my young way was never the way to age. I am not old, but my young way was never the way to age.
Charles Dickens quotes: You'll find that as you get vider, you'll get viser. Vidth and visdom, Sammy, alvays grows together. You'll find that as you get vider, you'll get viser. Vidth and visdom, Sammy, alvays grows together.
Charles Dickens quotes: It is a world of disappointment: often to the hopes we most cherish, and hopes that do our nature the greatest honour. It is a world of disappointment: often to the hopes we most cherish, and hopes that do our nature the greatest honour.
Charles Dickens quotes: did not mind this did not mind this
Charles Dickens quotes: Blunt tools are are sometimes found of use, where sharper instruments would fail. Blunt tools are are sometimes found of use, where sharper instruments would fail.
Charles Dickens quotes: What am I doing? Tearing myself. My usual occupation at most times. What am I doing? Tearing myself. My usual occupation at most times.
Charles Dickens quotes: Next Mrs. Crupp said it was clear she couldn't be in two places at once (which I felt to be reasonable) ... Next Mrs. Crupp said it was clear she couldn't be in two places at once (which I felt to be reasonable) ...
Charles Dickens quotes: Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort. Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
Charles Dickens quotes: What I said had nothing to do with you. Why need you go trying on other people's hats? What I said had nothing to do with you. Why need you go trying on other people's hats?
Charles Dickens quotes: accepting his patronage as he accepted every incident of the labyrinthian world in which he had got lost. accepting his patronage as he accepted every incident of the labyrinthian world in which he had got lost.
Charles Dickens quotes: Unless we learn to do our duty to those whom we employ, they will never learn to do their duty to us Unless we learn to do our duty to those whom we employ, they will never learn to do their duty to us
Charles Dickens quotes: My life is one demd horrid grind. My life is one demd horrid grind.
Charles Dickens quotes: Toor rul lol loo, gammon and spinnage, the frog he wouldn't, and high cockolorum, Toor rul lol loo, gammon and spinnage, the frog he wouldn't, and high cockolorum,
Charles Dickens quotes: A most excellent man, though I could have wished his trousers not quite so tight in some places and not quite so loose in others. A most excellent man, though I could have wished his trousers not quite so tight in some places and not quite so loose in others.
Charles Dickens quotes: It only shows how true the old saying is, that a man never knows what he can do till he tries, gentlemen. From "Pickwick Papers" ch. 49 page 646 It only shows how true the old saying is, that a man never knows what he can do till he tries, gentlemen. From "Pickwick Papers" ch. 49 page 646

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