“Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust!” ~ A Christmas Carol
Miscellaneous Quotes
We haven’t found a topic for these great quotes by Charles Dickens, so here they are in the miscellaneous category.
“Lie on!” cried the usurer,
“Lie on!” cried the usurer, “with your iron tongue! Ring merrily for births that make expectants writhe, and marriages that are made in hell, and toll ruefully for the dead whose shoes are worn already! Call men to prayers who are godly because not found out, and ring chimes for the coming in of every year that brings this cursed world nearer to its end. No bell or book for me! Throw me on a dunghill, and let me rot there, to infect the air!” ~ Nicholas Nickleby
In short, I should have
In short, I should have liked, I do confess, to have had the lightest licence of a child, and yet to have been man enough to know its value. ~ A Christmas Carol
“Detestation of the high is
“Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.” ~ A Tale of Two Cities
Caleb was no sorcerer; but
Caleb was no sorcerer; but in the only magic art that still remains to us, the magic of devoted, deathless love, Nature had been the mistress of his study; and, from her teaching, all the wonder came. ~ The Cricket on the Hearth
Sir Matthew Pupker went on
Sir Matthew Pupker went on to say what must be his feelings on that great occasion, and what must be that occasion in the eyes of the world, and what must be the intelligence of his fellow-countrymen before him, and what must be the wealth and respectability of his honourable friends behind him, and lastly, what must be the importance to the wealth, the happiness, the comfort, the liberty, the very existence of a free and great people, of such an Institution as the United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Delivery Company! ~ Nicholas Nickleby
Not knowing how he lost
Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again. ~ A Tale of Two Cities
“I won’t go so far
“I won’t go so far as to say, that, as it is, I’ve seen wax-work quite like life, but I’ve certainly seen some life that was exactly like wax-work.” ~ The Old Curiosity Shop
“A man in public life
“A man in public life expects to be sneered at—it is the fault of his elewated sitiwation, and not of himself.” ~ Nicholas Nickleby
When men are about to
When men are about to commit, or to sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable. ~ Nicholas Nickleby
