“Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day, or Warren's blackin' or Rowland's oil, or some o' them low fellows; never you let yourself down to talk poetry, my boy.” MenFunnyPoetryBoysPoetLowsHumorousFellowsOilMy Boys Author:Charles Dickens
“"Well," said my aunt, "this is his boy - his son. He would be as like his father as it's possible to be, if he was not so like his mother, too."” IfsWellsSaidWould BeFunnyMotherFatherBoysSonHumorousAuntWell Said Book:The Works of Charles Dickens Source: The Works of Charles Dickens
“Dombey and Son had often dealt in hides, but never in hearts. They left that fancy ware to boys and girls, and boarding-schools and books. Mr. Dombey would have reasoned: That a matrimonial alliance with himself must, in the nature of things, be gratifying and honourable to any woman of common sense. That the hope of giving birth to a new partner in such a house, could not fail to awaken a glorious and stirring ambition in the breast of the least ambitious of her sex.” GivingHeartBookSchoolFunnyGirlHouseLeftSexCommonBoysFailingSonBirthAmbitionHumorousPartnersCommon SenseFancyGloriousBreastsAmbitiousAlliancesStirringBoy And GirlGiving Birth Author:Charles Dickens
“Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.” MenBoysMiddleHumorousAgingMaturityMiddle AgedBirthday Humor Author:Kin Hubbard