Charles Dickens Quotes
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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.
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Some medical beast had revived tar-water in those days as a fine medicine, and Mrs. Joe always kept a supply of it in the cupboard; having a belief in its virtues correspondent to its nastiness. At the best of times, so much of this elixir was administered to me as a choice restorative, that I was conscious of going about, smelling like a new fence.
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To be allowed to call her "Dora", to write to her, to dote upon and worship her, to have reason to think that when she was with other people she was yet mindful of me, seemed to me the summit of human ambition - I am sure it was the summit of mine.
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The universe, he observed, makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid.
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God bless us every one! said Tiny Tim, the last of all.
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I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything.
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-Why don't you cry again, you little wretch? -Because I'll never cry for you again.
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Never sign a valentine with your own name.
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I went away, dear Agnes, loving you. I stayed away, loving you. I returned home, loving you!
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Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.
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Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.
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I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
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Take the pencil and write under my name, 'I forgive her.
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You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
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I believe the spreading of Catholicism to be the most horrible means of political and social degradation left in the world.
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"O' course I came to look arter you, my darlin'," replied Mr. Weller; for once permitting his passion to get the better of his veracity.
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The New Year, like an Infant Heir to the whole world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoicings.
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To see the butcher slap the steak before he laid it on the block, and give his knife a sharpening, was to forget breakfast instantly. It was agreeable too - it really was - to see him cut it off so smooth and juicy. There was nothing savage in the act, although the knife was large and keen; it was a piece of art, high art; there was delicacy of touch, clearness of tone, skilful handling of the subject, fine shading. It was the triumph of mind over matter; quite.
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If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. So don't tell no more on 'em, Pip, and live well and die happy.
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No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.
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There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
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You are in every line I have ever read.
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I think it must somewhere be written that the virtues of mothers shall be visited on their children, as well as the sins of their fathers.
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[She wasn't] a logically reasoning woman, but God is good, and hearts may count in heaven as high as heads.