Charles Dickens Quotes

There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.

Charles Dickens

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• There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Time
  • Ignorant
  • Remembrance