There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.
Quote by Charles Dickens about dark, earth
Quotes by Charles Dickens
73 quotes by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens - english writer
Was born on 07 feb 1812.
Died on 09 jun 1870, at 58 years old.
Died on 09 jun 1870, at 58 years old.
Origin country: United Kingdom
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Quote by Charles Dickens about bad luck, bad, good, good luck, people
Is a melancolic truth that even the greatest men have humble relatives.
Quote by Charles Dickens about truth, man
A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.
Quote by Charles Dickens about waste, self-control, day
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
Quote by Charles Dickens about secret, human imperfections
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
Quote by Charles Dickens about idea
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness.
Quote by Charles Dickens about happiness
Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.
Quote by Charles Dickens about good, good luck, man
Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.
Quote by Charles Dickens about man, life
But I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round... as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent...
Quote by Charles Dickens about time, christmas, thinking, man, good, good luck
Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
Quote by Charles Dickens about man
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Quote by Charles Dickens about heart
He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.
Quote by Charles Dickens about prejudice
