Charles Dickens Quotes
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There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name; who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.
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And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death.
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The air came laden with the fragrance it caught upon its way, and the bees, upborne upon its scented breath, hummed forth their drowsy satisfaction as they floated by.
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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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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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Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
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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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There wasn't room to swing a cat there.
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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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My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades.
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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.