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Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Charles Dickens: Mr Podsnap settled...

Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence . . . Mr Podsnap had even acquired a...

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Charles Dickens: Do you spell...

Charles Dickens: Do you spell...

'Do you spell it with a `V' or a `W'?' inquired the judge. `That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my...

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Edward Dahlberg: I would rather...

Edward Dahlberg: I would rather...

I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, little man.

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Edward Dahlberg: We cannot live,...

Edward Dahlberg: We cannot live,...

We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be...

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Charles Dickens: Wal'r, my boy,'...

Charles Dickens: Wal'r, my boy,'...

'Wal'r, my boy,' replied the Captain, `in the Proverbs of Solomon you will find the following words, 'May we never...

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Charles Dickens: Our backs is...

Charles Dickens: Our backs is...

Our backs is easy ris. We must be cracked-up, or they rises, and we snarls. We shows our teeth, I tell you, fierce....

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Charles Dickens: My life is...

Charles Dickens: My life is...

My life is one demd horrid grind!

Source: (Mr Mantalini) Nicholas Nickleby, Ch. ...

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Charles Dickens: Take a little...

Charles Dickens: Take a little...

Take a little time - count five-and-twenty, Tattycoram.

Source: (Mr Meagles) Little...

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Charles Dickens: It couldn't exist...

Charles Dickens: It couldn't exist...

It couldn't exist without allonging and marshonging to something or other.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: Ain't I volatile?...

Charles Dickens: Ain't I volatile?...

Ain't I volatile?

Source: (Miss Mowcher) David Copperfield, Ch. 22
-- Charles...

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Charles Dickens: I'm Gormed -...

Charles Dickens: I'm Gormed -...

I'm Gormed - and I can't say no fairer than that!

Source: (Mr Peggotty) David...

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Charles Dickens: In came a...

Charles Dickens: In came a...

In came a fiddler - and tuned like fifty stomach-aches.
In came Mrs Fezziwig, one vast substantial...

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Charles Dickens: I live on...

Charles Dickens: I live on...

I live on broken wittles - and I sleep on the coals.

Source: (The Waiter) David...

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Charles Dickens: It was not...

Charles Dickens: It was not...

It was not a bosom to repose upon, but it was a capital bosom to hang jewels upon.

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Charles Dickens: Reflect upon your...

Charles Dickens: Reflect upon your...

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes -- of which all men...

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Charles Dickens: There is a...

Charles Dickens: There is a...

There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.

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Charles Dickens: United Metropolitan Improved...

Charles Dickens: United Metropolitan Improved...

United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet and Punctual Delivery Company.

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Charles Dickens: Charity begins at...

Charles Dickens: Charity begins at...

Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.

Source: Tigg, in Martin...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Talent is always...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Talent is always...

Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Forget the outside...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Forget the outside...

Forget the outside world. Life has different laws in here. This is Campland, an invisible country. It's not in the...

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