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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
English Novelist
Born: Feb 7, 1812
Died: Jun 9, 1870
Heart Man Men People World You
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I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. Charles Dickens
Day You Trust Honesty Will Men Face Looking Out Bad About Bad Men Vast Week Countenance Idea Talked Known Quantity Got Nonsense Any Conventional Anything Dishonesty Stare
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips. Charles Dickens
Good Words Papa Potatoes Poultry Good Words Prism Very Lips Prune
Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration. Charles Dickens
Home Strong Word Stronger Spirit Magician Strongest Spoke Name Answered Than Ever
The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you. Charles Dickens
You Business Men First Other Rule Would
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. Charles Dickens
Wonderful Reflect Every Other Secret Fact Mystery Human Creature Profound
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. Charles Dickens
Nature You Human Nature Subdue Human Your Conquered Appetites
Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused - in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened - by the recurrence of Christmas. Charles Dickens
Christmas Time Man Mind Feeling Pleasant Indeed Must Some Something Recurrence Like Awakened Whose Associations
The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons. Charles Dickens
Age Past Bores Succeeded Chivalry Dragons
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. Charles Dickens
You Yourself People Other Delightful He Takes Most Him Although Becomes His Very Taste Flatterer Skillful Doubtful Companion
Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay. Charles Dickens
Pay System He Another Person Gets Whereby Who Credit Guarantee
It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. Charles Dickens
World Reflect Every Baby Pleasant Pleasant Thing Complete Those Degeneration Born Finer Contend Answer Than Gradual Human Who Human Species Species Thing Last
He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favor of two. Charles Dickens
Favor Eye Runs Had He Prejudice Popular Two
Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china. Charles Dickens
Passion Farm Live Has-Been Entirely Retreat Been Surrounded Cows China Swiss Ever
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
Change Three Half Society Slight Sigh General Small Head Sort Accompanied Pity Which Two
You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation. Charles Dickens
You Carry Recommendation Countenance Your Letter
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. Charles Dickens
Business Men Individuals Longer Most Concerned Far Activities Units Fraction
'Do you spell it with a 'V' or a 'W'?' inquired the judge. 'That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller, my Lord'. Charles Dickens
You Judge Spell Lord Taste Depends Fancy
A boy's story is the best that is ever told. Charles Dickens
Best Boy Story Ever
Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine. Charles Dickens
Dignity People Sometimes Some People Too Some More Questions Than Holiness Coat Even Imagine
Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse. Charles Dickens
Life Man Situation Took He Lighthouse Said Quick Anything
It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained. Charles Dickens
Discipline Old Girl Before Own Must Never Head Maintained She Advise Her
May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs? Charles Dickens
People Complaint Station Rise Above Fact Uncommon Take May Often Common Being Common People Below
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. Charles Dickens
Life Together Made Many Ever
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