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

Quote by Charles Dickens about present, man, past

Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs.

Quote by Charles Dickens

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Quote by Charles Dickens about sadness

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Quote by Charles Dickens about nature, human imperfections, contentment

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

Quote by Charles Dickens about past, age, olderness

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

Quote by Charles Dickens about money

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

Quote by Charles Dickens about rules, affair, man, contentment

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

Quote by Charles Dickens about man, world

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

Quote by Charles Dickens about principle, law, affair

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.

Quote by Charles Dickens about meetings, joy, pain, nothing

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making.

Quote by Charles Dickens about drinking, army, love, life

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Quote by Charles Dickens about creation, things

There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.

Quote by Charles Dickens about books

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.

Quote by Charles Dickens about dark, earth

There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.

Quote by Charles Dickens about charity, pleasure

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk.

Quote by Charles Dickens about tragedy, painting

There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.

Quote by Charles Dickens about heart, human imperfections

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

Quote by Charles Dickens about wisdom, heads, heart

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

Quote by Charles Dickens about truth, nothing, life

There might be some credit in being jolly.

Quote by Charles Dickens about being