Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmas time.
CHARLES DICKENSRemembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmas time.
CHARLES DICKENSI loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
CHARLES DICKENSFacts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.
CHARLES DICKENSThe whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
CHARLES DICKENSIt’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.
CHARLES DICKENSA word in earnest is as good as a speech.
CHARLES DICKENSAll of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.
CHARLES DICKENSElectric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
CHARLES DICKENSEvery failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.
CHARLES DICKENSOnce a gentleman, and always a gentleman.
CHARLES DICKENSTake nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.
CHARLES DICKENSSuffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
CHARLES DICKENSWe can refute assertions, but who can refute silence?
CHARLES DICKENSRemember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope.
CHARLES DICKENSThe worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.
CHARLES DICKENSThe sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.
CHARLES DICKENS