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He did each single thing as if he did nothing else. (Charles Dickens)
Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things both good and bad. View quote
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He knew enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it better than the faithful service of the heart. View quote
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A word in earnest is as good as a speech. View quote
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A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted. View quote
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Sudden shifts and changes are no bad preparation for political life. View quote
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The sun,--the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man--burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray. View quote
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But, tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble's soul his heart was waterproof. View quote
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The night crept on apace, the moon went down, the stars grew pale and dim, and morning, cold as they, slowly approached. Then, from behind a distant hill, the noble sun rose up, driving the mists in phantom shapes before it, and clearing the earth of their ghostly forms till darkness came again. View quote
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Love is in all things a most wonderful teacher . . . View quote
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Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule. (Charles Dickens)
I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished. View quote
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There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery. View quote
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On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . . View quote
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There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair. View quote
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The wind is rushing after us, and the clouds are flying after us, and the moon is plunging after us, and the whole wild night is in pursuit of us but, so far we are pursued by nothing else. View quote
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There can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose. View quote
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I took her hand in mine, and we went out of the ruined place; and, as the morning mists had risen long ago when I first left the forge, so, the evening mists were rising now, and in all the broad expanse of tranquil light they showed to me, I saw no shadow of another parting from her. View quote
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I have been very fortunate in worldly matters many men have worked much harder, and not succeeded half so well but I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time, no matter how quickly its successor should come upon its heels, which I then formed. View quote
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It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present. View quote
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I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can't beg it, borrow it, or steal it and so I have resolved that I must marry it. (Charles Dickens)
Many merry Christmases, friendships, great accumulation of cheerful recollections, affection on earth, and Heaven at last for all of us. View quote
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Mr Jarndyce, and prevented his going any farther, when he had remarked that there were two classes of charitable people: one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all. View quote
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A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elewated sitiwation, and not of himself. View quote
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External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. View quote
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Charles Dickens

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Occupation: English Novelist
Born: February 7, 1812
Died: June 9, 1870
Quotes count: 529
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