Charles Dickens Quotes - Page 10

• A man must take the fat with the lean.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Fats, Resignation

  David Copperfield ch. 51 (1850)

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• That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.

  Charles Dickens

  Cities, Mind, Vision

  Charles Dickens, Gillen D'Arcy Wood (2003). “A Tale of Two Cities”, p.385, Barnes & Noble

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• Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking.

  Charles Dickens

  Book, Night, Men

  Charles Dickens (1867). “The Old Curiosity Shop--and Reprinted Pieces”, p.11

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• Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, Right Reverends and Wrong Reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with Heavenly compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us every day.

  Charles Dickens

  Heart, Men, Compassion

  'Bleak House' (1853) ch. 47 (on the death of Jo)

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• ... what such people miscall their religion, is a vent for their bad humours and arrogance.

  Charles Dickens

  Character, People, Interesting

  Charles Dickens (2001). “David Copperfield”, p.415, Broadview Press

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• The cramped monotony of my existence grinds me away by the grain.

  Charles Dickens

  Character, Interesting, Grind

  Charles Dickens (1870). “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”, p.10, Castrovilli Giuseppe

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• Never," said my aunt, "be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices, Trot, and I can always be hopeful of you.

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Mean, Aunt

  Charles Dickens (1850). “The Personal History of David Copperfield”, p.160

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• The night crept on apace, the moon went down, the stars grew pale and dim, and morning, cold as they, slowly approached. Then, from behind a distant hill, the noble sun rose up, driving the mists in phantom shapes before it, and clearing the earth of their ghostly forms till darkness came again.

  Charles Dickens

  Morning, Nature, Stars

  Charles Dickens (1872). “A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens”, p.333

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• Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

  Charles Dickens

  Baby, Fortune Cookie, World

  Nicholas Nickleby Ch. 36

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• A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Heart, Winning

  Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.7985, Delphi Classics

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• One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it's left behind.

  Charles Dickens

  Travel, Journey, Forgiving

  Charles Dickens (1868). “Little Dorrit”, p.21, Kartindo.com

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• But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat.

  Charles Dickens

  Fighting, Words Of Wisdom, Shadow

  Charles Dickens (1853). “Bleak House”, p.391

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• But, tears were not the things to find their way to Mr. Bumble's soul; his heart was waterproof.

  Charles Dickens

  Heart, Soul, Tears

  Charles Dickens (1839). “Oliver Twist”, p.142

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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

  Motivational, Determination, Order

  Charles Dickens (1872). “A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens”, p.216

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• Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.

  Charles Dickens

  Friendship, Wine, Flames

  'The Old Curiosity Shop' (1841) ch. 7 (Dick Swiveller)

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• There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair.

  Charles Dickens

  Sorrow, Despair, Prodigious

  "A Tale of Two Cities".

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• The clouds were flying fast, the wind was coming up in gusts, banging some neighboring shutters that had broken loose, twirling the rusty chimney-cowls and weathercocks, and rushing round and round a confined adjacent churchyard as if it had a mind to blow the dead citizens out of their graves. The low thunder, muttering in all quarters of the sky at once, seemed to threaten vengeance for this attempted desecration, and to mutter, "Let them rest! Let them rest!

  Charles Dickens

  Blow, Clouds, Wind

  CHARLES DICKENS (1873). “LITTLE DORRIT”, p.153

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• Are you thankful for not being young?' 'Yes, sir. If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see?

  Charles Dickens

  Would Be, Gone, Way

  Charles Dickens (1872). “Our Mutual Friend”

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• And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death.

  Charles Dickens

  This Life

  Charles Dickens (2006). “Our Mutual Friend: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.191, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded.

  Charles Dickens

  Heart, Thinking, Sensitive

  Charles Dickens (1839). “Oliver Twist”, p.32

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• Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more.

  Charles Dickens

  Littles, Making Money, Easy

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• A display of indifference to all the actions and passions of mankind was not supposed to be such a distinguished quality at that time, I think, as I have observed it to be considered since. I have known it very fashionable indeed. I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars.

  Charles Dickens

  Passion, Thinking, Gentleman

  Charles Dickens (1850). “The Personal History of David Copperfield”, p.371

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• Do not close your heart against all my efforts to help you.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Heart, Effort

  Charles Dickens (2015). “Oliver Twist, Volume 3 (of 3) (Illustrations)”, p.21, RICHARD BENTLEY

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• 'Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby.

  Charles Dickens

  Baby, Literature, World

  Charles Dickens (1868). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.429

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• She was the most wonderful woman for prowling about the house. How she got from one story to another was a mystery beyond solution. A lady so decorous in herself, and so highly connected, was not to be suspected of dropping over the banisters or sliding down them, yet her extraordinary facility of locomotion suggested the wild idea.

  Charles Dickens

  Ideas, House, Stories

  Charles Dickens (2009). “The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Barnaby Rudge”, p.173, Cosimo, Inc.

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