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
english-novelist man men past present reflect
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
blessings man men past present reflect
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
good men sooner uniform work
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.
eyes mention mr opening point positively standing tiptoe
There is no limitation, there is positively no limitation' - opening his eyes wide, and standing on tiptoe - 'in point of expense! I have orders, sir, to put on my whole establishment of mutes; and mutes come very dear, Mr Pecksniff; not to mention t
opportunity men may
Time has been lost and opportunity thrown away, but I am yet a young man, and may retrieve it.
men pockets december
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
men improvement improving
Man cannot really improve himself without improving others.
men innocent-man may
Circumstances may accumulate so strongly even against an innocent man, that directed, sharpened, and pointed, they may slay him.
christmas men feelings
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.
war men long
Thus violent deeds live after men upon the earth, and traces of war and bloodshed will survive in mournful shapes long after those who worked the desolation are but atoms of earth themselves.
love sacrifice men
Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.
fashion men literature
Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
men perfection great-expectations
The unqualified truth is, that when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I love her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me, than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection.
men years practice
Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years it was a splendid laugh!