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Charles Dickens Quotes about Society

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.

"The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby". Book by Charles Dickens, Ch. 14, 1838 - 1839.

That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.

Charles Dickens (1839). “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings, and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family”, p.299