“I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.”
Men
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
MenAll Quotes by Charles Dickens
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
Christmas“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.”
Good“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.”
Men“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.”
Strength“The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.”
Business“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.”
Time“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
Best“The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.”
Age“Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.”
Good“Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.”
Communication“Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.”
Business“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!”
Home“Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.”
Good“It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.”
Great“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Best“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
Men“Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.”
Great“That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.”
Change“Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.”
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