Quotes by Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

English writer

Lived from: 1812 - 1870

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 7 february 1812 Died: 9 june 1870

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  • Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
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  • No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
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  • Not in our heads but in our hearts lies the power, that leads us to great deeds.
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  • Now, what I want is, Facts... Facts alone are wanted in life.
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  • Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room.
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  • Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!
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  • Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
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  • One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
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  • Persevere in a thorough determination to do whatever you have to do, as well as you can do it.
    Letter to Edward Dickens 26 sept. 1868
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  • Philosophers are only men in armor after all.
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  • Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
    Sketches by Boz (1836-1837) Characters, Ch. 2 : A Christmas Dinner
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  • Simplicity and plainness are the soul of elegance.
    Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
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  • Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.
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  • Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .
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  • Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things both good and bad.
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  • Take example by your father, my boy, and be very careful of vidders all your life, specially if they've kept a public house, Sammy.
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  • Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.
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  • The hardest and best borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record and are suffered every day.
    Old Curiosity Shop
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  • The men who learn endurance are those who call the whole world brother.
    Barnaby Rudge
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  • The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
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