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Charles Dickens Quotes - Page 9

Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

Charles Dickens (2012). “A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated)”, p.143, Top Five Books LLC

Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity.

Charles Dickens (2017). “A TALE OF TWO CITIES & BARNABY RUDGE (Historical Novels Set In the Time of Great Rebellions): The Riots of Eighty & French Revolution (Illustrated Classics with “The Life of Charles Dickens” & Criticism)”, p.563, e-artnow

My imagination would never have served me as it has, but for the habit of commonplace, humble, patient, daily, toiling, drudging attention

Charles Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, Mamie Dickens, Laurence Hutton, Richard Herne Shepherd (1908). “Letters and Speeches”

Love, though said to be afflicted with blindness, is a vigilant watchman.

Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.7813, Delphi Classics

You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

Charles Dickens (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)”, p.2441, Delphi Classics

Eccentricities of genius.

Pickwick Papers ch. 30 (1837)

It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.

Charles Dickens (1838). “The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club”, p.252

You are in every line I have ever read.

Charles Dickens (1861). “Great Expectations”, p.167

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew.

'Nicholas Nickleby' (1839) ch. 49 (The Gentleman in the Small-clothes)

Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.

Charles Dickens (2015). “British Classics: A Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated)”, p.150, The Planet

I could settle down into a state of equable low spirits, and resign myself to coffee.

Charles Dickens (1992). “David Copperfield”, p.330, Wordsworth Editions

Mankind was my business... charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business.

Charles Dickens (1845). “A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas”, p.33

Money and goods are certainly the best of references.

Charles Dickens (1868). “Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].”, p.25