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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  • The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.
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  • The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.
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  • The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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  • The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.
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  • The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.
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  • There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
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  • There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
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  • There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.
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  • There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.
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  • There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.
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  • There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
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  • There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
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  • There is some victory gained in every gallant struggle that is made.
    Speech Birmingham, 6 januari 1870.
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  • They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.
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  • This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
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  • To a young heart everything is fun.
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  • Tongue: well that's a very good thing when it ain't a woman's.
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  • Unless we learn to do our duty to those whom we employ, they will never learn to do their duty to us.
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  • Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.
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  • Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
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