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."

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

— Charles Dickens

Business

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

— Charles Dickens

Men

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

— Charles Dickens

Truth

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

— Charles Dickens

Nature

“Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.”

— Charles Dickens

Great

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

— Charles Dickens

Home

“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.”

— Charles Dickens

Strength

“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

“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”

— Charles Dickens

Love

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.”

— Charles Dickens

Morning

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

— Charles Dickens

Age

“The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.”

— Charles Dickens

Money

“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

“A boy's story is the best that is ever told.”

— Charles Dickens

Best

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

— Charles Dickens

Wisdom

“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

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

— Charles Dickens

Good

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

— Charles Dickens

Great

“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

“I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.”

— Charles Dickens

Time

“Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.”

— Charles Dickens

Communication