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Charles Dickens Quotes

I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon Picture Quote #1

Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures of the heart which it could never purchase Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

My hair stands on end at the cost and charges of these boys. Why was I ever a father! Why was my father ever a father! Picture Quote #1

I would like to be going all over the kingdom... and acting everywhere. There’s nothing in the world equal to seeing the house rise at you, one sea of delightful faces, one hurrah of applause! Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should Picture Quote #1

Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up Picture Quote #1

Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art Picture Quote #1

Did it ever strike you on such a morning as this that drowning would be happiness and peace? Picture Quote #1

Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him Picture Quote #1

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The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on Picture Quote #1

Ah, if only I had brought a cigar with me! This would have established my identity Picture Quote #1

It being a remarkable fact in theatrical history, but one long since established beyond dispute, that it is a hopeless endeavor to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in Picture Quote #1

Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide Picture Quote #1

When we came within sight of the sea, the waves on the horizon, caught at intervals above the rolling abyss, were like glimpses of another shore with towers and buildings Picture Quote #1

He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to the really great in spirit Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t like that sort of school... where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged... where I have never seen among the pupils, whether boys or girls, anything but little parrots and small calculating machines Picture Quote #1

The meagre lighthouse all in white, haunting the seaboard, as if it were the ghost of an edifice that had once had colour and rotundity, dripped melancholy tears after its late buffeting by the waves Picture Quote #1

There is something good in all weathers. If it doesn’t happen to be good for my work today, it’s good for some other man’s today... and will come around for me tomorrow Picture Quote #1

A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there, is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it! Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The town was glad with morning light; places that had shown ugly and distrustful all night long, now wore a smile; and sparkling sunbeams dancing on chamber windows, and twinkling through blind and curtain before sleepers’ eyes, shed light even into dreams, and chased away the shadows of the night Picture Quote #1

It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning Picture Quote #1

The heavy rain beat down the tender branches of vine and jessamine, and trampled on them in its fury; and when the lightning gleamed, it showed the tearful leaves shivering and cowering together at the window, and tapping at it urgently, as if beseeching to be sheltered from the dismal night Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and the proud to home may be forged on earth, but those which link the poor man to his humble hearth are of the true metal and bear the stamp of heaven Picture Quote #1

Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himself to let it eat him away Picture Quote #1

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I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon (Charles Dickens Quotes) Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures of the heart which it could never purchase (Charles Dickens Quotes) 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 (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 (Charles Dickens Quotes) My hair stands on end at the cost and charges of these boys. Why was I ever a father! Why was my father ever a father! (Charles Dickens Quotes) I would like to be going all over the kingdom... and acting everywhere. There’s nothing in the world equal to seeing the house rise at you, one sea of delightful faces, one hurrah of applause! (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 deserves (Charles Dickens Quotes) Try to do unto others as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better that they should fail than you should (Charles Dickens Quotes) Prowling about the rooms, sitting down, getting up, stirring the fire, looking out the window, teasing my hair, sitting down to write, writing nothing, writing something and tearing it up (Charles Dickens Quotes) Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art (Charles Dickens Quotes) Did it ever strike you on such a morning as this that drowning would be happiness and peace? (Charles Dickens Quotes) Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him (Charles Dickens Quotes) The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on (Charles Dickens Quotes) Ah, if only I had brought a cigar with me! This would have established my identity (Charles Dickens Quotes) It being a remarkable fact in theatrical history, but one long since established beyond dispute, that it is a hopeless endeavor to attract people to a theatre unless they can be first brought to believe that they will never get in (Charles Dickens Quotes) Time and tide will wait for no man, saith the adage. But all men have to wait for time and tide (Charles Dickens Quotes) When we came within sight of the sea, the waves on the horizon, caught at intervals above the rolling abyss, were like glimpses of another shore with towers and buildings (Charles Dickens Quotes) He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to the really great in spirit (Charles Dickens Quotes) 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 Quotes) I don’t like that sort of school... where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged... where I have never seen among the pupils, whether boys or girls, anything but little parrots and small calculating machines (Charles Dickens Quotes) The meagre lighthouse all in white, haunting the seaboard, as if it were the ghost of an edifice that had once had colour and rotundity, dripped melancholy tears after its late buffeting by the waves (Charles Dickens Quotes) There is something good in all weathers. If it doesn’t happen to be good for my work today, it’s good for some other man’s today... and will come around for me tomorrow (Charles Dickens Quotes) A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when I enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there, is, in some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it! (Charles Dickens Quotes) 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 (Charles Dickens Quotes) The town was glad with morning light; places that had shown ugly and distrustful all night long, now wore a smile; and sparkling sunbeams dancing on chamber windows, and twinkling through blind and curtain before sleepers’ eyes, shed light even into dreams, and chased away the shadows of the night (Charles Dickens Quotes) It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning (Charles Dickens Quotes) The heavy rain beat down the tender branches of vine and jessamine, and trampled on them in its fury; and when the lightning gleamed, it showed the tearful leaves shivering and cowering together at the window, and tapping at it urgently, as if beseeching to be sheltered from the dismal night (Charles Dickens Quotes) 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 (Charles Dickens Quotes) If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and the proud to home may be forged on earth, but those which link the poor man to his humble hearth are of the true metal and bear the stamp of heaven (Charles Dickens Quotes) Sadly, sadly, the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight than the man of good abilities and good emotions, incapable of their directed exercise, incapable of his own help and his own happiness, sensible of the blight on him, and resigning himself to let it eat him away (Charles Dickens Quotes)

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