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Love4 quotes
I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. — Charles Dickens · 1861I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. — Charles Dickens · 1861Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces,—and as it gets older and stronger it will tear deeper,—love her, love her, love her! — Charles Dickens · 1861Constancy in love is a good thing, but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. — Charles Dickens · 1852Being in love2 quotes
I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. — Charles Dickens · 1861I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. — Charles Dickens · 1861Charity2 quotes
Please, sir, I want some more. — Charles Dickens · 1837There were two classes of charitable people; one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all. — Charles Dickens · 1852Childhood2 quotes
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice. — Charles Dickens · 1860For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself. — Charles Dickens · 1843Christmas2 quotes
For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself. — Charles Dickens · 1843I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. — Charles Dickens · 1843Death2 quotes
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. — Charles Dickens · 1859All partings foreshadow the great final one. — Charles Dickens · 1853Human nature2 quotes
There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast. — Charles Dickens · 1837Subdue your appetites my dears, and you've conquered human nature. — Charles Dickens · 1838Saying goodbye2 quotes
All partings foreshadow the great final one. — Charles Dickens · 1853The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. — Charles Dickens · 1838Vulnerability2 quotes
Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces,—and as it gets older and stronger it will tear deeper,—love her, love her, love her! — Charles Dickens · 1861Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. — Charles Dickens · 1865Actions have consequences1 quote
I wear the chain I forged in life. — Charles Dickens · 1843Afterlife1 quote
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. — Charles Dickens · 1859Appearance vs. reality1 quote
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. — Charles Dickens · 1861Appetite1 quote
Subdue your appetites my dears, and you've conquered human nature. — Charles Dickens · 1838Bad decisions1 quote
I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong. — Charles Dickens · 1860Broken heart1 quote
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching… I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape. — Charles Dickens · 1861Business1 quote
Here’s the rule for bargains—“Do other men, for they would do you.” That’s the true business precept. — Charles Dickens · 1843Carpe diem1 quote
No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunities misused! — Charles Dickens · 1843Commitment1 quote
Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces,—and as it gets older and stronger it will tear deeper,—love her, love her, love her! — Charles Dickens · 1861Consequences of greed1 quote
I wear the chain I forged in life. — Charles Dickens · 1843Consistency1 quote
Constancy in love is a good thing, but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. — Charles Dickens · 1852Cowardice1 quote
I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong. — Charles Dickens · 1860Crying1 quote
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. — Charles Dickens · 1861Curiosity1 quote
Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies. — Charles Dickens · 1860Despising one's origins1 quote
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home. — Charles Dickens · 1861Diligence1 quote
Constancy in love is a good thing, but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. — Charles Dickens · 1852Dog eat dog world1 quote
Here’s the rule for bargains—“Do other men, for they would do you.” That’s the true business precept. — Charles Dickens · 1843Doubt and skepticism1 quote
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. — Charles Dickens · 1861Evidence1 quote
Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule. — Charles Dickens · 1861Existential solitude1 quote
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. — Charles Dickens · 1859Generosity1 quote
There were two classes of charitable people; one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all. — Charles Dickens · 1852