Dickens Charles, 1812-1870 -- Quotations; Gift books
There is not an angel added to the Host
of Heaven but does its
blessed work on earth in those that
loved it here.
_Old Curiosity Shop._
There is a providence in everything;
everything works for the best.
_Dombey and Son._
A man never knows what he can do till
he tries.
_Pickwick Papers._
Eleventh Day.
Worldly goods are divided unequally,
and man must not repine.
_Bleak House._
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Do as you would be
done by!
Forget and forgive!
_Battle of Life._
But for some trouble and
sorrow we should
never know half the good
there is about us.
_Haunted Man._
Gallantry in its true sense
is supposed to
enoble and dignify a man.
_Martin Chuzzlewit._
Twelfth Day.
We should all try to discharge
our duty.
_Pickwick Papers._
Unless we learn to do our duty to those
in our employ, they
will never learn to do their duty to us.
_David Copperfield._
Simplicity and plainness are the soul
of elegance.
_Old Curiosity Shop._
There are dark shadows on the earth, but its
lights are stronger in contrast.
_Pickwick Papers._
There is always something to be thankful for.
_Little Dorrit._
Thirteenth Day.
We all have some bright day--many of us,
let us hope, among a crowd of others,--
to which we revert with particular delight.
_Nicholas Nickleby._
Be forever grateful unto all friends. Especially
unto them which brought you up by hand.
_Mr. Pumblechook._
Dignity and even holiness too, sometimes,
are more questions
of coat and waist coat
than some
people imagine.
_Oliver Twist._
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Fourteenth Day.
Vice takes up her abode in many
temples, and who can
say that a fair outside shall not
enshrine her?
_Dr. Losberne._
Without strong affection and humanity of
heart and gratitude to that
Being whose code is Mercy, and whose great
attribute is Benevolence to all things
that breathe,
happiness can never be attained.
_Dickens._
Unchanging love and truth will carry
us through all.
_Dickens._
Don’t try the feelings of any.
_Martin Chuzzlewit._
Fifteenth Day.
There is a great end to gain,
and that I keep before me.
_Old Curiosity Shop._
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