The persons on whom I have bestowed my dearest love lie deep in their graves; but, although the happiness and delight of my life lie buried there too, I have not made a coffin of my heart, and sealed it up for ever on my best affections. Deep affliction has only made them stronger; it ought, I think, for it should refine our nature.
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considered him a humbug in a Pick... CHARLES DICKENS The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply becau... CHARLES DICKENS And this is the eternal law. For, Evil often stops short at istelf and dies with the doer of it! but... CHARLES DICKENS I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me. CHARLES DICKENS Time was with most of us, when Christmas Day, encircling all our limited world like a magic ring, le... CHARLES DICKENS That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds. CHARLES DICKENS The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill
your pipe with that 'ere reflection... CHARLES DICKENS Gold conjures up a mist about a man, more destructive of all his old senses and lulling to his feeli... CHARLES DICKENS He had been educated in no habits of application and concentration. The system which had addressed h... CHARLES DICKENS Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade. CHARLES DICKENS She had curiously thoughtful and attentive eyes; eyes that were very pretty and very good. CHARLES DICKENS There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I ... CHARLES DICKENS "And a bird-cage, sir," said Sam. "Veels vithin veels, a prison
in a prison." CHARLES DICKENS Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answer... CHARLES DICKENS Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anyb... CHARLES DICKENS God bless us, every one! CHARLES DICKENS from the days when it was always summer in Eden,to these days when it is mostly winter in fallen lat... CHARLES DICKENS A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man... CHARLES DICKENS It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foo... CHARLES DICKENS Bah," said Scrooge, "Humbug. CHARLES DICKENS Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his ta... CHARLES DICKENS There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less exc... CHARLES DICKENS Some credit in being jolly. CHARLES DICKENS It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I ... CHARLES DICKENS Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. CHARLES DICKENS Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges i... CHARLES DICKENS If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers. CHARLES DICKENS Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green,
That creepeth o'er ruins old!
Of right choice food are hi... CHARLES DICKENS Known by the sobriquet of "The Artful Dodger." CHARLES DICKENS