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“Out upon merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer...? If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' upon his lips should be boiled with his won pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!”

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, a British writer born on February 7, 1812, and died on June 9, 1870, is one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. Known for his profound social criticism and vivid narrative style, Dickens' works extensively cover social reality, revealing various issues in the British society of the time. more

“A golden chain is as much a chain as an iron one. Shri Ramakrishna used to say that, to pick out one thorn which has stuck into the foot, another thorn is requisitioned, and when the thorn is taken out, both are thrown away. So the bad tendencies are to be counteracted by the good ones, but after that, the good tendencies have also to be conquered.”

Used Taken Feet Picks Stuck Tendencies Golden Chains Thrown Iron Bondage

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.”

Care Cutting Affection Laziness Worldly Bondage

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing "noses on us," as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. "Self is the Saviour of self, none else."”

Men Self Desire Three Asks Cases He Man Terrible Noses Bondage Saviour Boon Self Contained

Book:Complete Works

Source: Complete Works