Charles Dickens Quotes, Uncles Quotes, Believe Quotes

And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!

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The two commonest mistakes in judgement ... are, the confounding of shyness with arrogance - a very common mistake indeed - and the not understanding that an obstinate nature exists in a perpetual struggle with itself.

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Rich folks may ride on camels, but it ain't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye.

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All the housemaid hopes is, happiness for 'em - but marriage is a lottery, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels the independence and the safety of a single life.

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Have you ever had the sensation of looking at someone for the first time and ever so quickly the past and future seem to fuse ? Does that not mean something ? That we felt so much, so deeply, before even speaking?

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If its individual citizens, to a man, are to be believed, it always is depressed, and always is stagnated, and always is at an alarming crisis, and never was otherwise; though as a body, they are ready to make oath upon the Evangelists, at any hour of the day or night, that it is the most thriving and prosperous of all countries on the habitable globe.

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Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.

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The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.

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Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me.

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Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again.

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Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.

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Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

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Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.

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When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life.

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A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.

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Mankind was my business... charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.

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I think the Romans must have aggravated one another very much, with their noses. Perhaps, they became the restless people they were, in consequence.

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Come, then," returned the nephew gaily. "What right have you to be dismal? What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.

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If you can't get to be oncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. So don't tell no more on 'em, Pip, and live well and die happy.

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He would make a lovely corpse.

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