Charles Dickens Quotes
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I believe that the heaviest blow ever dealt at liberty's head will be dealt by this nation in the ultimate failure of its example to the earth.
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I don't remember who was there, except Dora. I have not the least idea what we had for dinner, besides Dora. My impression is, that I dined off Dora, entirely, and sent away half-a-dozen plates untouched. I sat next to her. I talked to her. She had the most delightful little voice, the gayest little laugh, the pleasantest and most fascinating little ways, that ever led a lost youth into hopeless slavery. She was rather diminutive altogether. So much the more precious, I thought.
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Walk and be Happy, Walk and be Healthy.
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Are you thankful for not being young?' 'Yes, sir. If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see?
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Give me a moment, because I like to cry for joy. It's so delicious, John dear, to cry for joy.
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There wasn't room to swing a cat there.
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Your voice and music are the same to me.
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My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades.
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Think! I've got enough to do, and little enough to get for it, without thinking.
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Circumstances beyond my individual control.
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You will profit by the failure, and will avoid it another time. I have done a similar thing myself, in construction, often. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn.
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He knew enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it better than the faithful service of the heart.