Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickenswas an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 February 1812
discipline
Discipline must be maintained.
world affection should
Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them.
winning race obstacles
Ride on! Ride on over all obstacles and win the race.
information asks
I only ask for information.
spirit existence sweetness
A contented spirit is the sweetness of existence.
southern desire pieces
The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.
heart men wicked
Man," said the Ghost, "if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?
knows written
I only know that it was, and ceased to be; and that I have written, and there I leave it.
gravy
Joe gave me some more gravy.
english-novelist
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.
brought require therefore
Therefore I do require it, which I makes confession, to be brought reg'lar and draw'd mild.
love giving-up real
I'll tell you," said she, in the same hurried passionate whisper, "what real love it. It is blind devotion, unquestioning self-humiliation, utter submission, trust and belief against yourself and against the whole world, giving up your whole heart and soul to the smiter - as I did!
funny christmas xmas
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
may oppression begets
Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself.