Source: The Pickwick Papers
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Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].
Source: Spooky Christmas: 30+ Supernatural & Eerie Tales: Ghost Stories, Horror Tales & Legends: The Silver Hatchet, Wolverden Tower, The Wolves of Cernogratz, The Box with the Iron Clamps, The Grave by the Handpost, The Ghost’s Touch…
“Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.”
Source: The Pickwick Papers
Source: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Source: The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
Source: a tale of two cities
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”
Source: David Copperfield
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
Source: Our Mutual Friend
Source: Sketches by Boz
Source: Works, ed. by G.K. Chesterton and W. Jerrold. 22 vols.
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
Source: The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)
“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.”
Source: The Old Curiosity Shop ... With a Frontispiece. From a Painting by Geo. Cattermole, Etc
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”
Source: Great Expectations: Classic English Literature
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.”
Source: The Pickwick Papers: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Source: A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens
Source: Dombey and Son
“Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.”
Source: A Great Expectations in Plain and Simple English (Includes Study Guide, Complete Unabridged Book, Historical Context, Biography
“Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.”
“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.”
Source: David Copperfield
“Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.”
Source: Martin Chuzzlewit
Source: Oliver Twist
“It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.”
“Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.”
Source: Martin Chuzzlewit
“An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.”
“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.”
Source: Hard Times
“Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.”
“The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)
Source: The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
“A boy's story is the best that is ever told.”
Source: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Christmas Stories
“Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.”