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Charles Dickens: Bah,' said Scrooge....

Charles Dickens: Bah,' said Scrooge....

Bah,' said Scrooge. Humbug!

Source: 'A Christmas Carol'
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb...

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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: Battledore and shuttlecock's...

Charles Dickens: Battledore and shuttlecock's...

Battledore and shuttlecock's a wery good game, vhen you an't the shuttlecock and two lawyers the battledores, in which...

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Charles Dickens: It's over, and...

Charles Dickens: It's over, and...

It's over, and can't be helped, and that's one consolation, as they always say in Turkey, ven they cuts the wrong...

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Charles Dickens: Old girl,' said...

Charles Dickens: Old girl,' said...

'Old girl,' said Mr Bagnet, `give him my opinion. You know it.'

Source: Bleak...

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Charles Dickens: Old girl,' said...

Charles Dickens: Old girl,' said...

Old girl,' said Mr. Bagnet, 'give him my opinion. You know it.'

Source: Bleak...

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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: Regrets are the...

Charles Dickens: Regrets are the...

Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Charles Dickens: I never see...

Charles Dickens: I never see...

I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced...

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Charles Dickens: A highly geological...

Charles Dickens: A highly geological...

A highly geological home-made cake.

Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch. 5
-- Charles...

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Charles Dickens: If there were...

Charles Dickens: If there were...

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Source: Mr. Brass, in...

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Charles Dickens: Anythin' for a...

Charles Dickens: Anythin' for a...

Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse.

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E M Forster: America is rather...

E M Forster: America is rather...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is...

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George Eliot: Life is too...

George Eliot: Life is too...

Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly...

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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G K Chesterton: The whole object...

G K Chesterton: The whole object...

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a...

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Henry David Thoreau: For many years...

Henry David Thoreau: For many years...

For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I...

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Henry David Thoreau: If a man...

Henry David Thoreau: If a man...

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Gertrude Stein: Money is always...

Gertrude Stein: Money is always...

Money is always there, but the pockets change.

Source: The Practical Cogitator,...

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Honore de Balzac: A woman must...

Honore de Balzac: A woman must...

A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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