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Famous Charles Dickens Quotes
“The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.”
“Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities.”
“Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.”
“My guiding star always is, Get hold of portable property.”
“The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense.”
“Money and goods are certainly the best of references.”
“Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.”
“Virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen.”
“Old Marley was dead as a doornail... The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.”
“We all draw a little and compose a little, and none of us have any idea of time or money.”
“The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.”
“It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.”
“A good thing can't be cruel.”
“There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness.”
“Hours are golden links--God's tokens reaching heaven.”
“There is nothing truer than physiognomy, taken in connection with manner.”
“Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking.”