Quotes by Charles Dickens about Man

16 quotes by Charles Dickens about man

Charles Dickens English writer

Is a melancolic truth that even the greatest men have...

Is a melancolic truth that even the greatest men have humble relatives.

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A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able...

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Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's...

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he's well dressed. There ain't much credit in that.

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Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took...

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

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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...

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Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement...

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

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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.

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I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it...

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It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their...

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

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Most men are individuals no longer so far as their...

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.

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Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine...

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!

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Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man...

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

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The first rule of business is: Do other men for they...

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

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The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole...

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.

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We know, Mr. Weller - we, who are men of the world - that...

We know, Mr. Weller - we, who are men of the world - that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later.

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When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for...

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.

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