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“I have been very fortunate in worldly matters; many men have worked much harder, and not succeeded half so well; but I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time, no matter how quickly its successor should come upon its heels, which I then formed.”

Book:The Personal History of David Copperfield ... With Frontispiece by H. K. Browne

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The Personal History of David Copperfield ... With Frontispiece by H. K. Browne

Charles Dickens' 'The Personal History of David Copperfield' is a semi-autobiographical novel that chronicles the life of the title character from his childhood to his adulthood. The story is rich with personal and social commentary, offering a vivid portrayal of 19th-century English society. The novel is notable for its engaging narrative style and the inclusion of a frontispiece by the artist H. K. Browne. more

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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

“"As I think I told you once before," said I, "it is you who have been, in your greed and cunning, against all the world. It may be profitable to you to reflect, in future, that there never were greed and cunning in the world yet, that did not do too much, and overreach themselves. It is as certain as death."”

Thinking World May Has Beens Said Certain Too Much Words Of Wisdom Greed Cunning Profitable

Book:The Personal History of David Copperfield

Source: The Personal History of David Copperfield

“It's not put into his head to be buried. It's put into his head to be made useful. You hold your life on the condition that to the last you shall struggle hard for it. Every man holds a discovery on the same terms.”

Men Made Hard Lasts Term Struggle Conditions Words Of Wisdom Discovery Every Man Buried

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

“I know nothing of philosophical philanthropy. But I know what I have seen, and what I have looked in the face in this world here, where I find myself. And I tell you this, my friend, that there are people (men and women both, unfortunately) who have no good in them-none. That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise. That there are people who must be dealt with as enemies of the human race. That there are people who have no human heart, and who must be crushed like savage beasts and cleared out of the way.”

Source: THE GREATEST DICKENS CLASSICS (Illustrated Edition): Oliver Twist, The Pickwick Papers, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Hard Times, David Copperfield, A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, Little Dorrit, Our Mutual Friend, The Life of Dickens

“The worst class of sum worked in the every-day world is cyphered by the diseased arithmeticians who are always in the rule of Subtraction as to the merits and successes of others, and never in Addition as to their own.”

World Class Worst Words Of Wisdom Merit Diseased Subtraction Success Of Others

Book: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: 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].

“To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the truth, in any game, without growing the worse for it.”

Games Growing Words Of Wisdom Delight Setting Settings Deserving Undeserving

Book:A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens

Source: A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens

“When I have heard him talking to Papa during the sittings for the picture, I have sat wondering whether it could be that he has no belief in anybody else, because he has no belief in himself.”

Belief Talking Wonder Heard Words Of Wisdom Sitting Sat Papa

Book:The Works of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit

Source: The Works of Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit

“"O, Mrs. Clennam, Mrs. Clennam," said Little Dorrit, "angry feelings and unforgiving deeds are no comfort and no guide to you and me."”

Littles Said Feelings Words Of Wisdom Comfort Angry Deeds Guides Unforgiving Angry Feelings

Book:LITTLE DORRIT

Source: LITTLE DORRIT