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• I had neither the good sense nor the good feeling to know that this was all my fault, and that if I had been easier with Joe, Joe would have been easier with me. I felt impatient of him and out of temper with him; in which condition he heaped coals of fire on my head.

  Charles Dickens

  Fire, Feelings, Coal

  Charles Dickens (1861). “Great Expectations”, p.79

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• Some philosophers tell us that selfishness is at the root of our best loves and affections. Mr. Dombey's young child was, from the beginning, so distinctly important to him as a part of his own greatness, or (which is the same thing) of the greatness of Dombey and Son, that there is no doubt his parental affection might have been easily traced, like many a goodly superstructure of fair fame, to a very low foundation.

  Charles Dickens

  Best Love, Children, Son

  Charles Dickens (1858). “Dombey and Son ... With frontispiece by H. K. Browne”, p.57

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• He was bolder in the daylight-most men are.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Daylight

  Charles Dickens (1905). “The Pickwick Papers”, p.181

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• A dangerous quality, if real; and a not less dangerous one, if feigned.

  Charles Dickens

  Real, Quality, Dangerous

  Charles Dickens (1858). “Dombey and Son ... With frontispiece by H. K. Browne”, p.107

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• There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing.

  Charles Dickens

  Children, Pride, Men

  Charles Dickens (2009). “Sunday Under Three Heads: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The most important word in the world of money is cash flow. The second most important word is leverage.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Business, Cash Flow, Important

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• When I find myself in times of trouble
  Mother Mary comes to me,
  speaking words of wisdom "Let it be".

  John Lennon

  Mother, Trouble, Beatles Love

  Song: Let It Be

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• Women have always struggled with their men-folk for the abolition of slavery, the liberation of countries from colonialism, the dismantling of apartheid and the attainment of peace. It is now the turn of men to join women in their struggle for equality.

  Gertrude Mongella

  Country, Struggle, Men

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• A truth of the gospel is not a truth until you live it. You do not really believe in tithing until you pay it. The word of wisdom to you is not a truth of the gospel until you keep it. The Sabbath day is not a holy day unless you observe it. . . . A friend is not a friend unless you defend him.

  Harold B. Lee

  Believe, Holy Days, Pay

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• There is nothing in the world common to man, that man cannot do.

  Marcus Garvey

  Men, African American, World

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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• Wisdom, thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.

  Pythagoras

  Learning, Forgotten

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• My daughter, there are times of moral danger when the hardest virtuous resolution to form is flight, and when the most heroic bravery is flight.

  Charles Dickens

  Daughter, Bravery, Moral

  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.275

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• Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman.

  Charles Dickens

  Gentleman

  'Little Dorrit' (1857) bk. 2, ch. 28 (Rigaud)

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• The shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.

  Charles Dickens

  Angel, Shadow, Desire

  Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.2608, Delphi Classics

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• Something about the possession of a book - an object that can contain infinite fables, words of wisdom, chronicles of times gone by, humorous anecdotes and divine revelation - endows the reader with the power of creating a story, and the listener with a sense of being present at the moment of creation.

  Alberto Manguel

  Book, Humorous, Creating

  "A History of Reading". Book by Alberto Manguel, 1996.

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• There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is through suffering that dogs as well as saints are developed and made perfect.

  John Muir

  Dog, Perfect, Profound

  John Muir (1990). “Stickeen”, p.15, Heyday

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• Were we more careful to obey the part of the word of wisdom that deals with the "do's" it might be easier to obey the "don'ts"

  John Andreas Widtsoe

  Exercise, Might, Easier

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• Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them - but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books.

  Khalil Gibran

  Wise, Book, Doe

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• "We thought that, perhaps," said I, hesitating, "it is right to begin with the obligations of home, sir; and that, perhaps, while those are overlooked and neglected, no other duties can possibly be substituted for them."

  Charles Dickens

  Home, Said, Duty

  Charles Dickens (1873). “Bleak House”, p.40

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• It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds.

  Lord Acton

  Distance, Reality, Men

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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, Shadow, Substance

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

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• The plain rule is to do nothing in the dark, to be a party to nothing underhanded or mysterious, and never to put his foot where he cannot see the ground.

  Charles Dickens

  Party, Dark, Feet

  Charles Dickens (1867). “Bleak House”, p.220

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• Some important ideas from the book of early Christians which is called Philokalia: From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki The acme of faith is... immersion of the mind in God. The acme of freedom from wealth is to desire to be possessionless even as others desire to possess. The acme of humbleness is to forget unfalteringly good deeds of oneself. The acme of love is to enhance your friendly attitude to those who insult and revile you.

  Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

  Christian, Spiritual, Attitude

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• It hardly needs explaining at length, I think, how much authority or beauty is added to style by the timely use of proverbs. In the first place who does not see what dignity they confer on style by their antiquity alone?... And so to interweave adages deftly and appropriately is to make the language as a whole glitter with sparkles from Antiquity, please us with the colours of the art of rhetoric, gleam with jewel-like words of wisdom, and charm us with titbits of wit and humour.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Art, Thinking, Jewels

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• The water of the fountain ran, the swift river ran, the day ran into evening, so much life in the city ran into death according to rule, time and tide waited for no man, the rats were sleeping close together in their dark holes again, the Fancy Ball was lighted up at supper, all things ran their course.

  Charles Dickens

  Sleep, Dark, Men

  charles dickens (1868). “a tale of two cities”, p.104

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