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Charles Dickens Quotes

It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisible, and so being wholly neither Picture Quote #1

Wish me everything that you can wish for the woman you dearly love, and I have as good as got it, John. I have better than got it, John Picture Quote #1

Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood Picture Quote #1

Meow says the cat ,quack says the duck , Bow wow wow says the dog ! Grrrr! Picture Quote #1

The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings Picture Quote #1

And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment Picture Quote #1

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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! Picture Quote #1

The two commonest mistakes in judgement ... are, the confounding of shyness with arrogance - a very common mistake indeed - and the not understanding that an obstinate nature exists in a perpetual struggle with itself Picture Quote #1

Cottage of content was better than the Palace of cold splendour, and that where love was, all was Picture Quote #1

The weathercocks on spires and housetops were mysterious with hints of stormy wind, and pointed, like so many ghostly fingers, out to dangerous seas, where fragments of great wrecks were drifting, perhaps, and helpless men were rocked upon them into a sleep as deep as the unfathomable waters Picture Quote #1

Other sound than the owl’s voice there was none, save the falling of a fountain into its stone basin; for, it was one of those dark nights that hold their breath by the hour together, and then heave a long low sigh, and hold their breath again Picture Quote #1

There was a frosty rime upon the trees, which, in the faint light of the clouded moon, hung upon the smaller branches like dead garlands Picture Quote #1

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Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope Picture Quote #1

They don’t mind it: its a reg’lar holiday to them - all porter and skittles Picture Quote #1

When you drink of the water, don’t forget the spring from which it flows Picture Quote #1

Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more Picture Quote #1

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making Picture Quote #1

The year end brings no greater pleasure then the opportunity to express to you season’s greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and new year be filled with joy Picture Quote #1

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Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! Picture Quote #1

The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up Picture Quote #1

Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow Picture Quote #1

...lies is lies. Howsever they come, they didn’t ought to come, and they come from the father of lies, work round to the same Picture Quote #1

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies Picture Quote #1

It is when our budding hopes are nipped beyond recovery by some rough wind, that we are the most disposed to picture to ourselves what flowers they might have borne, if they had flourished . . Picture Quote #1

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If you can’t get to be uncommon through going straight, you’ll never get to do it through going crooked. [...] live well and die happy Picture Quote #1

Battledore and shuttlecock’s a wery good game, vhen you an’t the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too exciting to be pleasant Picture Quote #1

It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour Picture Quote #1

All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else’s manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money! Picture Quote #1

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips Picture Quote #1

The great principle of out-of-door relief is, to give the paupers exactly what they don’t want; and then they get tired of coming Picture Quote #1

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It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisible, and so being wholly neither. (Charles Dickens Quotes) Wish me everything that you can wish for the woman you dearly love, and I have as good as got it, John. I have better than got it, John. (Charles Dickens Quotes) Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we’d give blood. (Charles Dickens Quotes) Meow says the cat ,quack says the duck , Bow wow wow says the dog ! Grrrr! (Charles Dickens Quotes) The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. (Charles Dickens Quotes) And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment. (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! (Charles Dickens Quotes) The two commonest mistakes in judgement ... are, the confounding of shyness with arrogance - a very common mistake indeed - and the not understanding that an obstinate nature exists in a perpetual struggle with itself. (Charles Dickens Quotes) Cottage of content was better than the Palace of cold splendour, and that where love was, all was (Charles Dickens Quotes) The weathercocks on spires and housetops were mysterious with hints of stormy wind, and pointed, like so many ghostly fingers, out to dangerous seas, where fragments of great wrecks were drifting, perhaps, and helpless men were rocked upon them into a sleep as deep as the unfathomable waters. (Charles Dickens Quotes) Other sound than the owl’s voice there was none, save the falling of a fountain into its stone basin; for, it was one of those dark nights that hold their breath by the hour together, and then heave a long low sigh, and hold their breath again. (Charles Dickens Quotes) There was a frosty rime upon the trees, which, in the faint light of the clouded moon, hung upon the smaller branches like dead garlands. (Charles Dickens Quotes) Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues - faith and hope. (Charles Dickens Quotes) They don’t mind it: its a reg’lar holiday to them - all porter and skittles (Charles Dickens Quotes) When you drink of the water, don’t forget the spring from which it flows (Charles Dickens Quotes) Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more. (Charles Dickens Quotes) The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making. (Charles Dickens Quotes) The year end brings no greater pleasure then the opportunity to express to you season’s greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and new year be filled with joy. (Charles Dickens Quotes) Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! (Charles Dickens Quotes) The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up (Charles Dickens Quotes) Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow. (Charles Dickens Quotes) ...lies is lies. Howsever they come, they didn’t ought to come, and they come from the father of lies, work round to the same. (Charles Dickens Quotes) I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies. (Charles Dickens Quotes) It is when our budding hopes are nipped beyond recovery by some rough wind, that we are the most disposed to picture to ourselves what flowers they might have borne, if they had flourished . . . (Charles Dickens Quotes) If you can’t get to be uncommon through going straight, you’ll never get to do it through going crooked. [...] live well and die happy. (Charles Dickens Quotes) Battledore and shuttlecock’s a wery good game, vhen you an’t the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which case it gets too exciting to be pleasant. (Charles Dickens Quotes) It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour. (Charles Dickens Quotes) All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else’s manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money! (Charles Dickens Quotes) Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips (Charles Dickens Quotes) The great principle of out-of-door relief is, to give the paupers exactly what they don’t want; and then they get tired of coming. (Charles Dickens Quotes)

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