Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens is an English writer and journalist whose words have traveled far beyond their original audience. Whether reflecting on Men or Great, Charles Dickens brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Discover 44 of Charles Dickens's most memorable quotes, ranging across Men, Great, Nature, Home, and Good. A line that stays with you: "There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts."

“It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.”

— Charles Dickens

Great

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“That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.”

— Charles Dickens

Change

“Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.”

— Charles Dickens

Home

“It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.”

— Charles Dickens

Great

“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.”

— Charles Dickens

Truth

“The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.”

— Charles Dickens

Business

“Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.”

— Charles Dickens

Business

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

— Charles Dickens

Men

“Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.”

— Charles Dickens

Good

“Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.”

— Charles Dickens

Home

“There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.”

— Charles Dickens

Wisdom

“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!”

— Charles Dickens

Home

“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”

— Charles Dickens

Love

“The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.”

— Charles Dickens

Age

“To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.”

— Charles Dickens

Nature

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

— Charles Dickens

Best

“The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.”

— Charles Dickens

Business

“Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.”

— Charles Dickens

Good

“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

— Charles Dickens

Men

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

— Charles Dickens

Best

“Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.”

— Charles Dickens

Nature