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Charles Dickens
In the little...
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely...
Minds, like bodies,...
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of...
A boy's story...
A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
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A day wasted...
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.
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Annual income twenty...
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds,...
Cheerfulness and contentment...
Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful...
Fan the sinking...
Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
Such is hope,...
Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things...
I never could...
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the...
Electric communication will...
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another...
There are books...
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
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Never close your...
Never close your lips to those to whom you've opened your heart.
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The whole difference...
The whole difference between construction and creation is this; that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is...
Life is made...
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.
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It was a...
It was a good thing to have a couple of thousand people all rigid and frozen together, in the palm of one's...
Kent, sir --...
Kent, sir -- everybody knows Kent -- apples, cherries, hops, and women.
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Reflect upon your...
Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes -- of which all men...
The word of...
The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.
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Nature gives to...
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the...
Here's the rule...
Here's the rule for bargains: Do other men, for they would do you. That's the true business...