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Charles Dickens
Now, what I...
Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant...
A loving heart...
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
Source: In
There is nothing...
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
Regrets are the...
Regrets are the natural property of gray hairs.
Source: In
She's the sort...
She's the sort of woman now,' said Mould, . . . 'one would almost feel disposed to bury for nothing: and do it neatly,...
I never see...
I never see any difference in boys. I only know two sorts of boys. Mealy boys and beef-faced...
Lord, keep my...
Lord, keep my memory green.
Source: In
This is a...
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
Source: In
A highly geological...
A highly geological home-made cake.
Source: Martin Chuzzlewit, Ch. 5
-- Charles...
The men who...
The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.
Source:...
Subdue your appetites,...
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .
Source: Mr....
Philosophers are only...
Philosophers are only men in armor after all.
Source: In
Whatever was required...
Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art...
As she frequently...
As she frequently remarked when she made any such mistake, it would be all the same a hundred years...
A man in...
A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elewated sitiwation, and not of...
Take example by...
Take example by your father, my boy, and be wery careful o' vidders all your life, specially if they've kept a public...
I do not...
I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.
Buy an annuity...
Buy an annuity cheap, and make your life interesting to yourself and everybody else that watches the...
If there were...
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Source: Mr. Brass, in...
If the law...
'If the law supposes that,' said Mr. Bumble . . . , 'the law is a ass - a idiot.'