Charles Dickens Quotes

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
CHARLES DICKENS

Light World
The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.
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Deep Man Worst
I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me.
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Live Myself Past Present Spiritual
Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.
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Deep Love Philosophy
I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.
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Break Change Hope Self Love
We can refute assertions, but who can refute silence?
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Philosophy Silence
One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.
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Oneself Rain Shame Tears
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
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Blessing Man Presence Reflection
There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.
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Deep Heart Human
We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.
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Mindset Ourselves
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.
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Expectation Gift Happiness
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
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Darkness Light
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.
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Evidence Life
The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day after terrible day.
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Broken Heart Death Deep Live Philosophy
It’s in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present.
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Deep Past Present
I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can’t beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it.
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Feeling Marriage Mindset Money Myself
The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humor.
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Confidence Goodness Humour World
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.
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Oneself Self Love Wasted Time
Everybody said so. Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.
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Opinion People Right True Wrong
Some people are nobody’s enemies but their own.
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Deep Enemy People
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
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Goodness Possible
I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.
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Deep Failure Inspirational Myself Philosophy Success
It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.
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Freedom Government Passion
Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.
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Failure Learning Man Teaching
Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
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Carry Philosophy Vice Virtue
To a young heart everything is fun.
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Fun Heart Young
Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.
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Heart Lips Yourself

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