“To have a Cricket on the Hearth is the luckiest thing in all the world!” ~ The Cricket on the Hearth
Miscellaneous Quotes
We haven’t found a topic for these great quotes by Charles Dickens, so here they are in the miscellaneous category.
“If man would help some
“If man would help some of us a little more, God would forgive us all the sooner perhaps.” ~ Dombey and Son
Her contempt for me was
Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it. ~ Great Expectations
“Remember how strong we are
“Remember how strong we are in our happiness, and how weak he is in his misery!” ~ A Tale of Two Cities
“Don’t be afraid! We won’t
“Don’t be afraid! We won’t make an author of you, while there’s an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.” ~ Oliver Twist
Although Oliver had been brought
Although Oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. ~ Oliver Twist
It’s a dark night, sang
It’s a dark night, sang the kettle, and the rotten leaves are lying by the way; and, above, all is mist and darkness, and, below, all is mire and clay; and there’s only one relief in all the sad and murky air; and I don’t know that it is one, for it’s nothing but a glare; of deep and angry crimson, where the sun and wind together; set a brand upon the clouds for being guilty of such weather; and the widest open country is a long dull streak of black; and there’s hoar frost on the finger-post, and thaw upon the track; and the ice it isn’t water, and the water isn’t free; and you couldn’t say that anything is what it ought to be; but he’s coming, coming, coming! ~ The Cricket on the Hearth
“I see the lives for
“I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more. ” ~ A Tale of Two Cities
He had been for many
He had been for many years, a quiet silent man, associating but little with other men, and used to companionship with his own thoughts. He had never known before the strength of the want in his heart for the frequent recognition of a nod, a look, a word; or the immense amount of relief that had been poured into it by drops through such small means. ~ Hard Times
That glorious vision of doing
That glorious vision of doing good, which is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds, arose before him, and he even saw himself in the illusion with some influence to guide this raging Revolution that was running so fearfully wild. ~ A Tale of Two Cities
