Tag: Charles Dickens
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It’s my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.
Charles Dickens
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A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.
Charles Dickens
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The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.
Charles Dickens
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Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
Charles Dickens
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Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.
Charles Dickens
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‘Do you spell it with a ‘V’ or a ‘W’?’ inquired the judge. ‘That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord’.
Charles Dickens
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The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.
Charles Dickens
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There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
Charles Dickens
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Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows – and china.
Charles Dickens
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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