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Charles Dickens: I only ask...

Charles Dickens: I only ask...

I only ask for information.

Source: (Rosa Dartle) David Copperfield, Ch. 20
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Charles Dickens: She's been thinking...

Charles Dickens: She's been thinking...

She's been thinking of the old 'un!

Source: (Mr Peggotty of Mrs Gummidge) David...

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Charles Dickens: Skewered through and...

Charles Dickens: Skewered through and...

Skewered through and through with office pens, and bound hand and foot with red tape.

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Charles Dickens: There are books...

Charles Dickens: There are books...

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Source: In...

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Charles Dickens: The men who...

Charles Dickens: The men who...

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

Source:...

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Charles Dickens: Keep out of...

Charles Dickens: Keep out of...

Keep out of Chancery. It's being ground to bits in a slow mill; it's being roasted at a slow fire; it's being stung to...

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Charles Dickens: There are strings...

Charles Dickens: There are strings...

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

Source: Mr....

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Charles Dickens: It is a...

Charles Dickens: It is a...

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual...

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Charles Dickens: Eccentricities of genius....

Charles Dickens: Eccentricities of genius....

Eccentricities of genius.

Source: Pickwick Papers, Ch. 30
-- Charles Dickens,...

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Charles Dickens: Keep up appearances...

Charles Dickens: Keep up appearances...

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

Source: x
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7...

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James Thurber: A pinch of...

James Thurber: A pinch of...

A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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James Thurber: Writers of comedy...

James Thurber: Writers of comedy...

Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them,...

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James Thurber: Get it right...

James Thurber: Get it right...

Get it right or let it alone. The conclusion you jump to may be your own.

Source:...

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Mark Twain: Part of the...

Mark Twain: Part of the...

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out...

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Mark Twain: France has neither...

Mark Twain: France has neither...

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals -- apart from these drawbacks it is a fine...

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Mark Twain: It takes your...

Mark Twain: It takes your...

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other...

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Mark Twain: My books are...

Mark Twain: My books are...

My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water.

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Mark Twain: To do something,...

Mark Twain: To do something,...

To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else -- these are things that confer a pleasure compared...

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Mark Twain: Scientists have odious...

Mark Twain: Scientists have odious...

Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of...

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Mark Twain: Don't you worry,...

Mark Twain: Don't you worry,...

'Don't you worry, and don't you hurry.'I know that phrase by heart, and if all other music should perish out of the...

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